Two suspects nabbed in Pirkola case

0 Comments POSTED ON May 08 2008 AT 2:28 pm BY Beat

Two suspects have been arrested in the shooting of comics retailer David Pirkola local papers are reporting The two are teenagers, while a third is still sought.

The suspects are 18-year-old James Muriel-Neal Thompson and 19-year-old Marvin Michael-Marquis Jones. Thompson and Jones remain in the Kent County Jail on $500,000 bond and face a Monday probable-cause hearing in Kentwood District Court.

Despite being shot in the abdomen during the Friday incident, Pirkola was awake and conscious when Kentwood police arrived on the scene at 2757 Ridgemoor Drive SE around 7 p.m., according to a warrant affidavit filed with the Kentwood District Court.

Pirkola provided police with a description of the man he said shot him. Some collectable cards taken from the store were found south of the store, the affidavit showed.


iFanboy is still running a fundraiser to help Pirkola with his sizeble medical bills.

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