AI-assisted summary

Brian Keith Blalock pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and assault with intent to murder.

He received concurrent sentences of 28 to 50 years and 28 to 40 years in prison.

The murder occurred in April 2024 while Blalock was out on bond for the attempted murder from January 2024.

LANSING — A man who pleaded guilty to both an April 2024 murder in Lansing and a separate attempted murder months earlier was sentenced Nov. 24 in Ingham County.

Brian Keith Blalock, 39, was accused of murdering Christopher Stipanuk near downtown Lansing in April 2024. That shooting happened less than a month after he had been ordered to stand trial in a non-fatal shooting at a Lansing hotel the previous January, apparently while he was free on bond, court records indicate.

Blalock

See Full Page