Gatlok ‘Gattie’ Nguany of Cedar Springs, Michigan teen and recent high school graduate stabbed to death by friend he trusted as arrest is made. No known motive.
A person of interest is in police custody after a stabbing in Grand Rapids left an 18-year-old teen dead, Michigan authorities said.
Gatlok ‘Gattie’ Nguany of Cedar Springs, died after being stabbed near the intersection of Goodrich Avenue and Cesar E. Chavez Street just after midnight on Sunday, May 24.
Nguany was out celebrating a friend’s birthday and riding lime scooters with a group when the attack happened.
Recent high school graduate stabbed to death by friend he trusted says family
Family claimed the person responsible was ‘somebody he trusted, somebody he called a friend,’ FOX17 reported.
Come Tuesday, the Grand Rapids Police Department announced it had a person of interest in the case in custody.
Gattie’s death came just after he graduated high school at Morley Stanwood, in Mecosta County said family.
Not immediately clear is what led to the teen’s fatal stabbing.
‘Gattie was a loving person with lots of friends and family, and an athlete, a family-oriented, loving child,’ an aunt told 13 ON YOUR SIDE. ‘If I had to describe him, I would say humble and kind. He was a country-loving hunter, fisher, played football and basketball with the school and his friends and cousins and friends.’
He is being remembered by loved ones through his name, which means ‘a powerful God,’ said his family.
A GoFundMe campaign, ‘Support for Gattie Nguany’s family,’ has been created to help relatives with funeral and related expenses in the wake of his death.
Grand Rapids police said the stabbing happened on the city’s southwest side and have asked anyone with information to call detectives at 616-456-3380 or submit an anonymous tip through Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.
