Crime Solvers Central
CSC
215 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
Case Description
Any updates on this case? Let us know!
In a tragic sequence of events that unfolded in a Grand Rapids parking lot, 17-year-old James King, a senior at East Kentwood High School, lost his life. The young man was shot and killed on January 13, 2019, during what was orchestrated to be a robbery disguised as a marijuana deal. The incident took place in the parking lot of the Towne and Country Shopping Center, located at Kalamazoo Avenue and 44th Street SE. King had arranged to sell marijuana to a group of his classmates, a transaction th ...Read More
Victim Details

James King

Male

Black / African American

Grand-rapids

MI

2019-01-13

17

James

King

12/25/2025