Man reportedly kidnapped in Renton found shot in the arm in Des Moines

DES MOINES, Wash. — A man police believe to have been kidnapped in a Renton parking garage was found in Des Moines on Tuesday. Authorities have identified him as 26-year-old Gouled Ali from Renton.

“This is a very rare occurrence, the amount of adult abductions we have are very very low,” said Detective Robert Onishi.

Renton police initially responded to a 911 caller on Sunday night, who reported seeing multiple people force a struggling man into a car in an apartment complex parking garage. The car was said to have then driven off with the man inside.

“Arriving officers found a variety of evidence that some kind of struggle occurred,” said Detective Onishi. “Some scattered belongings on the floor, there was some blood.”

On Tuesday, Renton Police say Ali resurfaced after he knocked on the door of a stranger’s apartment in Des Moines. He told the person living there that he had been “kidnapped and shot in the arm.”

Later on at the hospital, he was treated for a gunshot wound that “appeared to have been inflicted previously, based on the dried blood around it.”

Renton detectives interviewed Ali at Valley Medical Center. Authorities have already spoken with his family.

This is breaking news -- we will provide more information as it becomes available.

©2023 Cox Media Group