Kent police investigate fatal shooting in Target parking lot

KENT, Wash. — Shoppers in Kent will be able to get their cars that were blocked by a murder scene in a Target store parking lot.

The fatal shooting happened in a strip mall parking lot at 104th Avenue Southeast at 7 p.m.Wednesday night.

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Officials released surveillance images of a suspect vehicle involved in the shooting. Police said a late 80s or early 90s white or silver Toyota Corolla pulled up alongside an SUV.

Late Thursday night, Kent police said the suspect vehicle was recovered. but the suspects involved were still at large.

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According to police, there was some sort of confrontation and a man in the Corolla opened fire on the SUV.  The 23-year-old Kent man inside the SUV was killed and the vehicle rolled into several others. A dog inside the SUV was unharmed.

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According to witnesses, there appeared to be two suspects inside the fleeing Corolla.  There is no description of the suspects.

A shopper who was inside the store when the gunfire erupted explained what he happened.

"I was at the checkout stand and I heard one guy say,' I'm not going out there.' He said, 'I'm not getting carts, there's bullets flying,' and I came out here and went 'Oh, no.'"