GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A Michigan police department has opened an internal investigation after officers held an 11-year-old girl at gunpoint, handcuffed her and put her in the back of a cruiser.
The incident happened Wednesday as the girl, Honestie Hodges, was leaving her Grand Rapids home to go to a store, according to WOOD-TV.
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Police say they were at the home looking for the girl's 40-year-old aunt, who had allegedly stabbed a relative nearby.
Grand Rapids police also detained two other women who exited the house with the girl.
The girl says the incident has left her scared.
"I'm afraid to open or go near my back door," Hodges said. "It made me feel scared and it made me feel like I did something wrong."
Police issued a statement Monday saying officers detained the women and the girl because they hadn't determined if they were the suspect. Police say neither the woman nor the girl was armed.
Grand Rapids Police Chief David Rahinsky said the body cam video made him "nauseous."
"Listening to the 11-year-old's response makes my stomach turn," Rahinsky said.