KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Tuesday, MLive reported that a Battle Creek man has been charged with open murder in the October shooting death of Rachel Curl.
According to the report, 20-year-old Ja’Shaun Markee Jones was charged in Kalamazoo County District Court on Tuesday. Jones is already in jail for an attempted murder charge from an incident that occurred the same night Curl was killed.
Curl, 20, originally from Benton Harbor, was a college student attending Kalamazoo Valley Community College. In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 17, police responded to the 4200 block of Hidden Hills Drive on a report of shots fired.
Upon arrival, officers found Curl suffering from a gunshot wound. She was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital, where she later died.
Jones has been charged with her death, but he is also facing a charge of assault with intent to murder 19-year-old Mattalis Buchanan Jr. during an altercation that occurred that same night.
Jones is now scheduled to be back in court on January 14.
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