High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! On July 7, 2011, a gunman killed seven people and wounded two others in a spree killing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The deaths took place in two homes, with the two non-fatal gunshot injuries taking place on the road. The suspected gunman, Rodrick Shonte Dantzler, later killed himself after holding three people hostage in a third home following a police chase. Those killed included Dantzler`s estranged wife, their daughter, his former girlfriend, and members of the other victims` families. One of the non-fatal victims was also acquainted with Dantzler.