BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Two women, a 22-year-old and a 28-year-old, are in Calhoun County Jail and will be charged with several violent felonies, after a series of incidents Saturday afternoon.
According to the Battle Creek Police Department, at about 12 noon Saturday, they were called to the Baymont by Wyndham hotel on Beckley Road for a report of 15 people fighting in the lobby. While officers were on their way, dispatchers told them people had been stabbed, and the fight continued.
When police arrived, the fight started to break up. Officers tried to speak to people getting into a car to leave, who they believed were involved in the fight. The driver ignored the police commands to exit the vehicle, and backed into a patrol car with an officer inside before driving away through a yard onto Beckley Road. The officer was not injured.
Other police officers coming to the area tried to stop the suspect car. The driver did not stop and reached speeds of 100 mph. The chase continued into Leroy Township, where officers stopped chasing due to safety concerns. Police were not able to stop the car, and are still investigating.
Officers still at the Baymont determined the 28-year-old woman had assaulted several people with broken glass from the hotel lobby; the suspect was gone already when officers arrived. The Battle Creek Fire Department and LifeCare Ambulance responded, and one person was treated for cuts and stab wounds.
LifeCare took a 22-year-old woman from the hotel to Bronson Battle Creek Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. With new evidence this morning, police discovered this victim also was a suspect in starting the hotel fight, and she was arrested.
After the initial fight Saturday, at about 1:30 p.m., the 28-year-old suspect was reportedly involved in another conflict in the 100 block of Grove Street. A different 22-year-old woman was stabbed with a knife. The suspect was gone again when police arrived.
Shortly after 4:00 p.m. Saturday, the 28-year-old suspect called Calhoun County Dispatch and asked to speak to police; she was an initial victim in the hotel fight and wanted to share her story. Officers made contact with her and took her into custody without further incident.
Police believe most of the people involved knew each other, and that the conflict started with a relationship triangle.
