Seven dead in Grand Rapids shooting

UPDATE (WZZM) (11:45PM) - Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk has confirmed that the suspect in the mass killings in Grand Rapids today has taken his own life.
Rodrick Shonte Dantzler had two hostages remaining in a NE side home.  Those hostages are all safe and are being evaluated.  A third hostage was released earlier.
Belk says that this has been a very difficult day for all of Grand Rapids and police.  Dantzler fired on police during a chase earlier in the day.
We'll have more in a complete wrap up on the WZZM 13 Morning News starting at 5:00am.
UPDATE (WZZM) (11:30PM) - Unconfirmed from scanner traffic: the suspect in the mass shootings in Grand Rapids is down and the two remaining hostages are safe.
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - The suspect in a Grand Rapids mass murder is holed up in a home with hostages on Rickman NE.
Rodrick Shonte Dantzler had three people as hostages.  Police Chief Kevin Belk says that a 53-year-old female hostage has been released.  There are two more hostages in the home.
Police had been chasing the suspect's vehicle on highways on the north end of Grand Rapids.  The suspect left the vehicle near I-96 and Plainfield and the chase continued on foot.
The suspect entered a home and the standoff began. 
The chase caused a crash at the corner of Fulton and Division in downtown Grand Rapids, when the suspect fired shots at police.
Two other people have been injured in the subsequent chase.
Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk tells our crew on the scene that a total of seven people are dead, including two children.  Four bodies were found in the 1200 block of Brynell NE. One was a child.   
At a second location in the 2000 block of Plainfield NE, three bodies were found including one child. 
Police say the suspect in the shootings is Rodrick Shonte Dantzler, a black male, 6'2", 260lbs, 34 years old.   Police believe he is armed and extremely dangerous. 
Dantzler has an extensive criminal record, including a felony assault less than murder, misdemeanor assault and battery, domestic violence and breaking and entering.
We will have more when it becomes available.
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