A Stanwood man has been arrested in connection to a shooting in Big Rapids just after midnight, this morning.

 

The Big Rapids Department of Public Safety said in a press release, officers were dispatched to the 400th block of South State Street for a gunshot victim. 

 

When officers arrived, there was a vehicle seen leaving the scene.

 

Police tried to perform a traffic stop on the suspected vehicle but the suspect's car then fled officers through the city of Big Rapids. 

 

The suspect's car eventually stopped and the suspect surrendered to law enforcement. 

 

The intoxicated suspect was identified as a 22-year old Stanwood man, who admitted to being involved in the shooting. 

 

The victim was taken to a Grand Rapids Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. 

 

The suspect is lodged in the Mecosta County Jail awaiting arraignment.