UPDATE: Two Dead Following Crash, Shooting on Holland’s South Side Identified

PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2024) – The identities of two persons who died following a high-speed dash out of a south side convenience store, gun shots ringing out, and a crash into a tree during the overnight hours of Sunday morning have been disclosed.

On Monday, Holland Department of Public Safety Captain of Administrative Services Bob Buursma disclosed that 26-year-old Alfredo Mojica Majin and his 21-year-old brother Bryan, both of Holland, were killed as a result of the incident that began around 2:25 AM, when an officer was dispatched to the Speedway store off of Washington Avenue and 33^rd Street on a report of several persons fighting. As the unnamed officer stepped out of his cruiser and began to walk toward the store, a silver-colored vehicle suddenly sped off at a high rate of speed with its lights off, heading west, with the sound of gun shots heard that apparently came from that vehicle.

By the time the officer was able to get back into his vehicle and pursue the suspect’s vehicle, it had went onto 32^nd Street westbound, still driving in the dark. It then went past the city limits and failed to negotiate a curve when West 32^nd Street turns into South Shore Drive, leaving the roadway and smashing into a tree. The Majin brothers were found dead, with the elder brother apparently behind the wheel.

Other HDPS officers responding to the incident talked with neighbors near the convenience store who heard the gunshots, but no victims were initially located, and there didn’t appear to be any indication as to who or what the suspects were shooting at. Investigation at the scene of the crash revealed a pistol inside of the vehicle, with four spent casings found in the grass near the convenience store matching the caliber of the weapon that had been discovered. 

No names of the suspects were immediately disclosed, as the case is now being handled by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Holland Public Safety (616-355-1150) or Ottawa County Silent Observer (877-887-4536).