{"id":107043,"date":"2024-09-03T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/police-investigating-five-consecutive-shooting-incidents-on-washington-highway\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:04:26","slug":"police-investigating-five-consecutive-shooting-incidents-on-washington-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/police-investigating-five-consecutive-shooting-incidents-on-washington-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating five consecutive shooting incidents on Washington highway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(NEW YORK) — Police are investigating five separate shootings that occurred Monday night on Interstate 5 in Washington, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Police have not confirmed if all of the shootings are connected but have confirmed that several people have been injured across all five incidents, according to a statement from the Washington State Patrol. A suspect was arrested, police said, although it was not immediately clear whether the suspect was connected to all the incidents.<\/p>\n

Two women were taken to the hospital and I-5 was briefly closed for police to collect evidence, but it is now reopened and will not be affecting morning traffic, police said.<\/p>\n

Trooper Rick Johnson, who is the Washington State Patrol District 2 public information officer for King County, initially posted about the first shooting incident at 9:27 p.m. local time, saying that it had taken place on northbound I-5 at 320th where a single passenger was injured.<\/p>\n

Just 15 minutes after the initial report, police said they received another call, this time regarding a shooting on northbound I-5 at MLK. Nobody was injured in that incident but a vehicle did sustain damage.<\/p>\n

A third shooting then took place shortly after and Washington State Patrol received a call saying that incident had occurred at northbound I-5 at I-90. One passenger was injured in that instance and the Seattle Fire Department said their crews treated a 20-year-old woman who was reported to be in critical condition, according to ABC News\u2019 Seattle affiliate KOMO-TV.<\/p>\n

The fourth and fifth shootings — one that took place on southbound I-5 near State Route 18 and the other on southbound I-5 near 54th in Pierce County — injured two more people but police were able to match the suspect\u2019s vehicle in these incidents to the first shooting that took place on northbound I-5 near 320th, Johnson said.<\/p>\n

A suspect was subsequently identified and arrested in the Tacoma area, according to police officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cPierce County Sheriff and Fircrest PD who was the agency that made the arrest after locating the suspect vehicle,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

No other injuries are known at this time and authorities said they will be giving out more information on this case later Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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