GAINES TOWNSHIP, MI – A Kentwood man's ineptness with a gun may be the only good outcome of an alleged incident of domestic violence that escalated to attempted murder.

Artur Grigoryan was in Kent County District Court on Monday, Aug. 18, for a hearing that had to be adjourned to find an Armenian interpreter.

Grigoryan, 30, tried to kill the mother of his child and himself during a violent dispute near the parking lot of a Reformed Church of America facility in the 4500 block of 60th Avenue SE on Aug. 4, according to police.

Grigoryan was already on bond for alleged domestic violence against the woman on June 20 at a Kentwood apartment, according to court records. He paid a $500 bond and was released with the stipulation that he not contact the woman.

By July 1, he had violated that bond and had to pay $1,000 to get out, again with a no contact order, according to court files.

The alleged victim told Kent County Sheriff’s Department deputies she had agreed to meet Grigoryan to discuss their relationship when an argument ensued.

She told police Grigoryan pulled out a gun and shot out the passenger-side window leaving her with what investigators determined was gunpowder residue on her left arm.

She said she managed to get away as Grigoryan attempted to reload his gun and then she heard clicks from the gun as she fled.

She told police she fell to the ground, allowing Grigoryan to catch up to her and he then dragged her 40 feet by her hair back to the vehicle but she was able to escape again running to a witness' car, who drove her away as Grigoryan yelled that he was going to kill himself.

She called police, who arrived to find Grigoryan lying on the ground with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the head.

Grigoryan is accused of attempted murder, assault, felony use of a firearm and domestic violence. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.



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In court Monday, Grigoryan was dressed in a red inmate uniform that jail officials reserve for someone on suicide watch.

Grigoryan’s attorney Damian Nunzio agreed with Assistant Kent County Prosecutor Monica Janiskee that his client’s probable cause hearing should be adjourned so that an Armenian interpreter could be brought in to explain proceedings to the defendant.

Grigoryan remains in the Kent County Jail without bond.

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