Suspect charged with murder of 15-year-old in downtown Grand Rapids [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A suspect in the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old girl from May has been arrested.

Josiah Pittman will face charges in connection to the death of La’Kyijah Williams from May 18.

Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker and Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom announced the arrest and charges during a joint press conference Monday.

“This was a horrible event,” said Becker. “It’s just not a random act of violence. There was a target. Unfortunately, Miss Williams was not the target. She was just downtown, minding her own business and got hit in a tragic set of circumstances here, and we feel horrible for our family and what they’ve gone through after this.”

Both Becker and Winstrom would not say who the target was, but they said La’Kyijah was not even with the person who was the target of the shooting.