GRAND VALLEY STUDENT DEREK COPP ONCE AGAIN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL IN
AFTERMATH OF POLICE SHOOTING

GRAND RAPIDS -- Grand Valley State University student Derek Copp was
discharged from Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital and has returned
home with his parents to continue recovering from being shot by
police during a recent drug raid.

The 20-year-old's second stint in the hospital lasted three days as
doctors reinserted a chest tube to drain accumulating fluid and
clotted blood in Copp's right lung.

A bullet, fired by an officer who has yet to be identified, entered
his chest, fractured two rib and pierced his lung and liver on March
11. Copp has yet to be charged after police found a small amount of
marijuana in his apartment, according to his attorney.

The film student returned to classes last Thursday until persistent
breathing troubles sidetracked that plan one day later.

Attorney Fred Dilley, who represents the family, said no decision has
been made on when Copp will return to campus.