TUKWILA –Tukwila Police are on the lookout for a gunman who shot a man in the head after a fight early Saturday.
The victim, 27 years old, was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he was last listed in critical condition, Tukwila police officer Gerry Myklebust said.
The shooting happened at about 3:30 a.m. inside an apartment in the 5700 block of South 152nd Street, a neighborhood just east of Interstate 5 and north of Southcenter Boulevard, Myklebust said.
Detectives believe there was an argument inside the apartment that escalated into a fist fight. At some point, one man pulled a gun and fired a single shot, striking the victim, Myklebust said.
The gunman then ran off and remains at large. No motive for the shooting has been determined.
Police spent Saturday morning interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence at the scene.
“Some detectives have just left,” Myklebust said nearly 12 hours after the shooting.
The incident was the second time in less than a week that police in Tukwila have had to deal with a shooting.
On Wednesday, a 21-year-old man was shot in the arm and leg, his thighbone shattered by the gunfire. Two men, ages 18 and 20, were arrested in connection with the shooting, which happened outside the Westfield Mall at Southcenter. On Friday, bail was set at $300,000 for the older man, and $250,000 for the younger man.
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