(Michigan City, IN) - A 16-year-old boy is in custody in connection with gunshots and a stand-off with police in Michigan City.

 

Michigan City Police said Ja’Narri Garrett-Coleman is being held on four counts of Attempted Murder, among other charges.

According to police, a home in the 1700 block of Tennessee Street on the city’s west side was hit with gunfire on two separate occasions within a five-hour period on  Saturday night and early Sunday.

 

A suspect was quickly identified and located inside a home in the 1800 block of Kentucky Street. There, numerous shots were reportedly fired at police by an individual suspected to be Garrett-Cole, who barricaded himself inside the residence. The teenager reportedly came out of the residence about seven hours later before being taken into custody.

 

An individual inside the home, hit multiple times by gunfire, was struck by one of the rounds but the injuries inflicted were described as minor.