KENT, Wash. — Kent police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead, and two others injured.
Officers were dispatched to the 18000 block of East Valley Highway around 3:20 a.m. Sunday after police received reports of an illegal discharge of a firearm.
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About 20 minutes later. a security guard on patrol in the area encountered an individual on the ground outside a strip mall in the 18100 block of East Valley Highway. Police arrived and determined a male victim had died of a gunshot wound. Police also found a second male with a gunshot wound who was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Police then received reports that a third individual with a gunshot wound had been taken by private vehicle to Valley Medical Center. That individual was later transported to Harborview with life threatening injuries.
Kent police detectives are collecting collect evidence from the scene, and will provide updates as they become available. Stay with KIRO 7 for updates and watch a full report on KIRO 7 at 5:00 p.m. on air or here.
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