KENT, Wash. — Around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28, Kent patrol officers responded to calls of a shooting in the 3600 block of South 249th Street. The 911 caller, a 28-year-old man from Bonney Lake, said his companion had been shot and he was in his car attempting to drive her to the hospital.
Kent officers immediately responded to the area while 911 operators convinced the caller to pull over. Officers located his car within minutes and quickly began providing lifesaving aid to a 24-year-old Kent woman who had been shot.
Medics arrived shortly after and took over medical treatment before transporting the woman to Harborview Medical Center.
The caller told officers that the woman and one suspect, a 23-year-old Kent woman, had been in a dispute in front of a home at the 24900 block of 38th Avenue when the suspect shot the woman. The 911 caller and the victim then drove away as the suspect retreated into the house.
Kent Police and VSWAT surrounded the home, while hostage negotiators contacted the suspect via phone. Kent detectives requested and were granted a warrant to arrest the suspect on charges of assault in the first degree.
According to officers, the suspect refused to exit even after a significant amount of time and multiple de-escalation attempts. As a result, VSWAT entered the residence and took the suspect into custody. Nobody else was hurt during the incident.
Kent detectives are investigating to determine the circumstances that led up to the shooting as well as the suspect’s refusal to exit the home.
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