MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – The victim of a recent fatal shooting in Muskegon Heights was a “model citizen” whose death has infuriated the chief of police.

Gary DeAngelo Phillips II, 28, of Muskegon Heights has been identified by Muskegon Heights Police Chief Joseph E. Thomas Jr. as the victim of the homicide that occurred Monday night.

“This was a model citizen,” Thomas said. “I am fed up with bad people doing things to good people. It seems to be the trend now.”

Thomas said earlier that police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Sixth Street and West Hackley Avenue around 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2. There, they found a man fatally shot inside a vehicle. The vehicle had been moving at some point before it stopped against an object in the roadway, police said.

“This kid had no reason to have his life taken from him, to have his life cut short,” Thomas said.

Thomas declined to say whether any suspects were in custody.

Posts and photographs left on Phillips’ Facebook page described a fun-loving man with a host of friends now left cherishing their times with and memories of him. Phillips mother, Tamara Phillips, asked for prayers and thanked friends and relatives for their “outpouring of love.”

She said she would miss her regular talks with her son and their “unbreakable bond.”