KENNEWICK, Wash. – On Wednesday, May 15th Kennewick Police Department officers received multiple calls about a shooting. Apple Valley News Now was there at the scene.
At 9 a.m. Wednesday calls started to pour into the Kennewick Police department about a shooting near South Quay St. but there were two different scenes
“Well once officers got in the area and started making contact with their reporting parties and then the other gentleman that was involved that had his car shot we were able to isolate it over here,” KPD, Sergeant, Ron Salter, said.
The vehicle was shot at near South Kellogg St., which was right next to the second location Quay St. where the suspect had run afterwards Sergeant Salter said.
Officers then had residents evacuate the apartment building where the suspect was at. Officers were quickly able to communicate with the suspect after Sergeant Salter said.
“When officers got here we contained the area. We after a short investigation, we were able to isolate that the suspect went back into the apartments behind us,” Sergeant Salter said, “We immediately started to have the suspect come out to us which he would not comply with. We had additional resources come in to assist us tri-cities regional swat team and other agencies and we eventually after a short standoff with him, the suspect exited and was taken into custody without further incident.”
When the suspect turned himself in the standoff ended at around 1 p.m.
“I live downstairs from where this occurred at and there's just always been activity up there,” Neighbor, Melanie Nichols, said.
The suspect that was taken into custody was an 18-year-old man. He was booked into the Benton County jail on multiple charges. He was also wanted on felony warrants from previous, unrelated incidents and no one was injured, police said.
This is still an on-going investigation and we will continue to update you with the latest as we learn more.
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