Angel Marie Curtis, 30, a member of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi and a mother, was shot in Kalamazoo in the early morning of Saturday, August 22, 2026. Gunfire was reported about 2:15 a.m. near Florence Street and Cobb Avenue; officers on nearby patrol heard the shots. Curtis was taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle with life-threatening gunshot wounds and later died of her injuries.

Friends and family described her as a bright, genuine, sweet person whose life centered on her son. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety classified the incident as a homicide and opened a preliminary investigation, but released few details about what led to the shooting and did not name any suspect or suspects. No arrests, charges, or convictions have been announced.

Anyone with information about the shooting near Florence Street and Cobb Avenue on August 22, 2026, is asked to come forward.