Lansing teen charged with attempted murder in Pleasant View School shooting

An 18-year-old Lansing man faces multiple felony charges, including assault with intent to murder, following a shooting April 30 week outside of Pleasant View School that left a student injured, authorities said Monday.

The man, a teenager, was arraigned by the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office in 54-A District Court in connection with the April 29 incident. The charges include carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of weapon-free school zone violations, carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, and three counts of felony firearm.

The shooting happened during school hours at the Pleasant View campus, which serves as a site for testing and as the Lansing School District’s Lansing Learning Hub. According to investigators with the Lansing Police Department, the confrontation involved two people who were both enrolled as students at the school.

Officials have not publicly detailed a specific motive for the shooting.

“Our focus remains on the safety of our students and the integrity of the judicial process,” Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane’s office said, in a statement.

During the arraignment, a magistrate set the teenager’s bond at $750,000 with monitoring and house arrest if he is released.

The accused man is scheduled to appear for a probable cause conference on May 14 at 10:30 a.m., followed by a preliminary examination at 10 a.m. on May 21. The case has been assigned to Judge Stacia J. Buchanan.

The preliminary examination will determine if there is probable cause; if a judge finds sufficient evidence, the case will be “bound over” to Ingham County Circuit Court for trial.

Pleasant View School remained closed for two days following the shooting to provide counseling services to students and staff. District officials have since implemented restricted access protocols at the building’s entrance.

Meanwhile, an unrelated April 23 mass shooting remains under investigation, according to Jordan Gulkis, a spokesperson for the Lansing Police Department.

Six people were shot Thursday night at the intersection of Chestnut and Hillsdale streets in downtown Lansing.

The night before, a car was shot at the same intersection. The mass shooting was non-fatal, and all six victims are in stable condition. Most of the victims were shot below the waist, but one, a 14-year-old girl, was grazed in the ear.

The youngest victim, a 5-year-old girl, was shot in the leg. The Lansing Police Department said the suspect was reported to have walked up to a crowd of more than 30 people at the intersection and opened fire.

The suspect fled on foot. Police Chief Rob Backus said at a press conference the day after the shooting that it had brought the city’s total number of non-fatal shooting victims to 14 this year.