Eighteen-year-old Hector Carlos-Enriquez Rangel died after being shot inside a vehicle in Coopersville, Michigan, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. He was riding with a friend, also 18, identified as Alan Lopez, when a firearm inside the car discharged and struck Hector in the torso. Lopez drove Hector to a nearby hospital, where Hector was pronounced dead.

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Grand Rapids Police Department, investigated and concluded the shooting was unintentional. Alan Lopez was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and additional counts; court paperwork notes a conviction about six months earlier for disturbing the peace in Ottawa County.

If anyone witnessed the incident near 40th and Arthur that day or has information about the vehicle, the people involved, or what happened inside the car, please share what is known.