Normandy Park man arrested for allegedly shooting two people in South Seattle
Wed, 02/15/2012
From the Seattle Police Department:
On February 14th shortly after 12:00 Noon, Seattle Police Department (SPD) Gang Unit detectives arrested a 27-year-old male suspect believed to be responsible for the double shooting that occurred on January 26th in the 9100 block of Rainier Avenue South.
On January 26th at approximately 5:03 p.m. officers responded to calls of shots fired in the 9100 block of Rainier Avenue South. Officers arrived on scene and located a 15-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to the torso in the parking lot of a gas station in the 9200 block of Rainier Avenue South.
SFD medics responded to the scene and transported the victim to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) with life-threatening injuries. Sometime later a second victim, a 29-year-old male, showed up at HMC with gunshot wounds to the back.
SPD Gang detectives developed information during the course of their on-going investigation that led them to the City of Normandy Park. With the assistance of Normandy Park police officers, SPD Gang detectives placed the suspect under surveillance. As the suspect was getting into a parked car, Gang detectives moved in and placed him under arrest.
At the scene of the arrest detectives recovered a white Chevy Tahoe that is believed to be the vehicle the suspect fired from on the day of the shooting. The Tahoe was impounded and taken to the evidence garage for processing.
The 27-year-old male suspect was interviewed by SPD Gang detectives and subsequently booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault (Felony Assault with a firearm).
This remains an active and on-going SPD Gang Unit investigation.