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Police arrest suspect in South Seattle drive-by shooting

File photo from Chopper 7 over the scene on July 19. 

SEATTLE — Officers with the Seattle Police Department on Wednesday announced the arrest of an 18-year-old who they say is a suspect in a drive-by shooting.

On July 19, police responded to the drive-by shooting in 8800 block of Renton Avenue South, located in the Dunlap neighborhood, but said the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle.

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Police said they were unable to find a victim at the scene, but said they believed a victim “may have been struck by gunfire.”

On Monday, gang detectives and South Anti-Crime Team officers said they arrested the driver of the suspect vehicle from the shooting.

Police said the 18-year-old was booked into the King County Jail and detectives are continuing to investigate the case.

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