By Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
LANSING, Mich. — A Lansing man accused of disarming police officers and shooting one in the leg last year has been charged, officials announced Thursday.
Andrial Ortiz, 30, was arraigned last week in the 54A District Court in Lansing, Attorney General Dana Nessel said. He has been charged as a four-time habitual offender.
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He is charged with 17 felonies, Nessel’s office said in a statement. The charges against him are:
- Eight counts of using a firearm during the commission of a felony, second offense, a 5-year felony. Convicted defendants must serve the sentence for the crime consecutively in the case of multiple counts;
- A count of resisting and obstructing a police officer and causing serious impairment, a 15-year felony;
- Two counts of disarming a police officer, a 10-year felony;
- A count of attempting to disarm a police officer, a 5-year felony;
- Two counts of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, a 5-year felony;
- A count of resisting and obstructing a police officer, causing injury, a 4-year felony;
- Two counts of resisting and obstructing a police officer, a 2-year felony.
A magistrate set the defendant’s bond at $100,000 and scheduled his next court hearing for Aug. 22,.
Court records did not list an attorney for Ortiz on Thursday.
Authorities said Ortiz disarmed multiple police officers and shot one officer in the leg on April 10, 2024.
Lansing Police stopped Ortiz as he was driving for a traffic violation, they said. The defendant pulled into the parking lot of an apartment complex near Holmes and Pleasant Grove roads, officials said.
He gave officers consent to search his vehicle and they found suspected narcotics in it.
Detectives said that as they went to arrest Ortiz, he resisted and struggled with the officers.
During the scuffle, Ortiz allegedly tried to take one of the officer’s service weapons from its holster and then removed a gun from another officer’s belt. Another officer recovered the weapon and removed it from the defendant’s grip, investigators said.
As they wrestled with the suspect, Ortiz allegedly took a weapon from an officer and fired a single shot, striking another officer in the leg, they said.
Police returned fire and struck Ortiz in the leg below the knee once, according to officials. Officers then took the gun from the suspect.
They administered aid until medics arrived and took him to a hospital.
Nessel said her office reviewed the officer-involved shooting and determined the Lansing police officers’ use of force was justified.
“Disarming an officer is an incredibly reckless act; one that gravely endangers officers on-scene and all nearby members of the public,” she said in a statement. “My office is committed to ensuring police can do their jobs as safely as possible, and we will work to hold this individual accountable in the courts.”
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