Teen Sentenced For Shooting 12 Year Old + Doctor Found Guilty

Get on up, Grand Rapids! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. Here's what's going on around Grand Rapids today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 73 Low: 56.

Here are the top stories today in Grand Rapids:

1. A teen who police say shot a 12-year-old boy in the leg last year has been sentenced to time served. Willie Bledsoe, 17, has been incarcerated for 382 days since his arrest in early September 2020. Grand Rapids police said he was 16 when he fired a gun near Calvin Avenue SE and Adams Street, striking the 12 -year-old. He was charged as an adult. (MLive.com)
2. A former Kent County doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient during an appointment has been sentenced to six to 15 years in prison, according to Kent County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Becker. Daryl Wisdom, 66, was found guilty Friday of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and his medical doctor license was suspended. He ran his practice out of his home in the 10000 block of Cascade Road SE. (Fox17)
3. Loved ones are looking for answers after a man died weeks after being assaulted in downtown Grand Rapids. (WOODTV.com)
4. The eyesore Witmark building near Grand Rapids is set to be demolished. (WOODTV.com)
5. Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is officially closed for the season. (Kool 107.9 FM)

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About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.