On July 7, 2011, a mass shooting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, left seven people dead after a perpetrator went on a targeted rampage against former partners and their families. Twelve-year-old Kamrie Heeren-Dantzler, a straight-A student at Northview Middle School who loved reading and camping with her grandparents, was shot and killed at a home on Brynell Court NE. Her mother, 29-year-old Jennifer Marie Heeren, and maternal grandparents Thomas Heeren, 51, and Rebecca Lynn Heeren, 52, were also killed at that address.

The attacker, identified as Kamrie’s father, 34-year-old Rodrick Shonte Dantzler, also murdered victims at another residence on Plainfield Avenue, including a former girlfriend, her sister, and her ten-year-old daughter. After the shootings he led police on a high-speed chase, wounded two people, and then initiated a hostage standoff in a home; he later died by suicide as the standoff ended. Reports note the killer had a history of violence and domestic abuse.

Does anyone have memories of Kamrie or details about her life in Grand Rapids to share with the community?