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EATON COUNTY, MI -- A fight between juveniles in an Eaton County park ended with one participant being stabbed, police said. The alleged stabbing took place at Sharp Park in Delta Township, northeastern Eaton County. One juvenile has since been lodged at the Eaton County Youth facility. The 17-year-old victim was treated at a local hospital and released with non-critical injuries, police said. This incident is still under investigation by the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office.

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EATON COUNTY, MI -- A body found in Eaton County Monday has been identified as a missing Lansing man. Matthew Compton Jr., 41, was found dead Aug. 9 in a wooded area near Davis and Guinea roads in Delta Township, according to the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office. Related: Body of unknown man found in Eaton County, police sayCompton was reported missing on Aug. 1, police said. Two days later, his vehicle was located near the area where his body was later found. More from MLive:58-year-old truck driver killed while unloading steel in Jackson, police say1 arrested, 1 at large after suspects flee traffic stop in Jackson, police sayConcert goes on with Don Felder after Lynyrd Skynyrd cancels at Jackson County Fair

A mid-April shooting that the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office originally deemed a murder-suicide is now considered a murder investigation.

A father is believed to have shot his two young children before shooting and killing himself in Delta Township on Tuesday.

LANSING, Mich. – A 3-year-old girl needed surgery and is in “good condition” after being shot at a Zap Zone in Lansing, officials said. Eaton County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to the Zap Zone at 936 Mall Drive East in Delta Township on Tuesday for a report of shots being fired. Deputies were able to secure the scene and provide first aid to the girl who had been shot. Paramedics arrived and transported the girl to Sparrow Hospital for treatment. Police said as of Wednesday, the girl is out of surgery and in good condition.

DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI – A 3-year-old girl was shot while visiting an indoor amusement center near Lansing on Tuesday. The victim was rushed to a local hospital for surgery, Eaton County Sheriff Tom Reich said in a news release. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Zap Zone, an amusement center near the Lansing Mall that features laser tag and arcade games, police said. She was transported to Sparrow Hospital by paramedics with the Delta Township Fire Department. Eaton County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Michigan State Police, Lansing Police Department and Lansing Township Police Department.

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are holding a news conference Tuesday to talk about voting in the upcoming presidential election. Whitmer, Benson and Delta Township Clerk Mary Clark will talk about voting opportunities and the Nov. 3 election. Whitmer will also sign legislation to make sure every vote is counted and residents can vote safely during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, officials said. You can watch live in the stream above.

EATON COUNTY, Mich. – Local 4 Defenders obtained a recording of the 911 call that led to a deadly confrontation Tuesday in the Lansing area between a sheriff’s deputy and a man armed with a knife. The armed man is accused of stabbing a customer at a Quality Dairy store in Dimondale during an argument over wearing a mask. “A customer just stabbed another customer over a mask and then took off out of the parking lot,” the clerk told 911. Whitmer can’t understand violence ‘over wearing piece of cloth on your face’An Eaton County Sheriff’s deputy found Ruis and initiate a traffic stop. The clerk told dispatch the man was stabbed in the neck repeatedly.

EATON COUNTY, Mich. – Police have released body cam video of a deadly confrontation in the Lansing area between a sheriff’s deputy and a man armed with a knife. The armed man is accused of stabbing a customer at a Quality Dairy store in Dimondale during an argument over wearing a mask. The suspect was later shot and killed when officials said he pulled his knife on a deputy. READ: Video shows Michigan mask-related stabbing suspect lunging at deputy with knives before being fatally shotHome surveillance video shows Ruis walking toward the deputy, ignoring orders to drop the knife and then charging. The body camera footage shows Ruis had two knives in his right hand and a screwdriver in his left.

Body cam video released of deadly confrontation between sheriff’s deputy and stabbing suspectPublished: July 14, 2020, 11:10 pmPolice have released body cam video of a deadly confrontation in the Lansing area between a sheriff’s deputy and a man armed with a knife.

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan man who refused to wear a mask inside a store was later shot and killed by a deputy after he stabbed another customer during an argument about the mask issue, police said. Investigators said the argument happened around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Quality Dairy store in Dimondale. The argument ended with a 77-year-old Lansing man suffering from stab wounds. The manager of the store said Sean Ernest Ruis, 43, of Grand Ledge, stabbed the 77-year-old man simply because he asked Ruis to put on a mask. Video shows Ruis walking toward the deputy, who said Ruis was armed with a knife.

Deputy fatally shoots Michigan man wanted for stabbing customer during mask argumentPublished: July 14, 2020, 5:13 pmA Michigan man who refused to wear a mask inside a store was later shot and killed by a deputy after he stabbed another customer during an argument about the mask issue, police said.

Officials say Ruis was also denied service by store employees for failing to comply with the mask requirement. Police say Ruis stabbed the Lansing man and the fled the store. MORE: Here’s how Wayne County Sheriff’s Office plans to enforce Gov. Police say the man got out of his vehicle with a knife to attack the deputy who pulled him over. The 23-year veteran deputy of the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office feared for her life, officials said.

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan man who stabbed another customer at a convenience store during an argument over wearing a mask was later shot and killed when he pulled his knife on a deputy, Michigan State Police say. UPDATE: Deputy fatally shoots Michigan man wanted for stabbing customer during mask argumentThe incident happened around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Quality Dairy store in Dimondale, according to authorities. Ruis was also refused service by the store because he wouldn’t wear a mask, officials said. Ruis pulled out a knife and stabbed the other man before fleeing the store, according to MSP. An Eaton County deputy saw Ruis at 7:13 a.m. on Jerryson Drive in Delta Township and initiated a traffic stop, officials said.