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“One young man is already serving jail time and  another is awaiting sentencing in the shooting of  a Kentwood youth pastor in early January. On May  22, Devontae Collier was sentenced to eight months  in the Kent County Jail and Jaylen Woods reached a  deal with prosecutors on May 18 for their roles in  the shooting of MarShon Peoples on January 7 at  the Community Center on 60th Street SE in Gaines Township. Peoples was throwing a party for a  “Streams of Hope” program participant when eight uninvited guests showed up. He told 24 Hour News 8  the youths were persistent — but so was he. The  young men grew angrier and Peoples prepared to  call 911. “I pushed send and then that’s when  ‘boom’ happened,” said Peoples

 

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