MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – Michigan State Police say a preliminary report from an autopsy indicates 22-year-old Andrew Blowers of Marshall died from multiple gunshot wounds early Saturday morning following a police pursuit and not from the injuries he suffered in a vehicle crash.
The shooting took place after Battle Creek Police tried to stop a reckless vehicle in the area of Dickman Road and M-66 as the driver was swerving into oncoming traffic lanes. The two officers believed that the driver may have been intoxicated.
A 90 mile per hour chase on M-66 eventually ended in the Fort Custer Industrial Park when the suspect crashed into the woods.
Officers approached the vehicle on foot but then the suspect drove toward the officers and that’s when all three officers responded by firing shots.
The suspect smashed into a Battle Creek Police cruiser and then crashed again in the woods.
Blowers was pronounced dead at the scene. The three officers who fired shots were placed on administrative leave which is a standard practice for police following an officer involved shooting.
(reporting from Jim Measel)
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