Kennewick police looking for suspect in shooting at park
Police are hunting for a SUV involved in a Monday night shooting that wounded a teen in a Kennewick park.
A 17-year-old girl was sitting in a car with three other people at Underwood Park around 9:35 p.m. when someone opened fire, Kennewick police said.
At this point, detectives are trying to determine if there was a connection between the victim and the shooter, said Sgt. Aaron Clem. The teens were just hanging out in the park.
“There was nothing indicative that would lead us to believe that they were targeted,” he said.
Underwood Park sits across the street from the Spirit of America trail head in Zintel Canyon, near the corner of Seventh Avenue and Vancouver Street.
The shooter allegedly fled in a SUV described as a 2000 to 2006 Dodge Durango that was charcoal gray or blue.
It was the second shooting in Kennewick in the last two days. A woman woke up to find a bullet had pierced the walls of her Cleveland Street apartment and hit her bedroom wall.
Police are looking into whether the shootings are connected, Clem said.
Officers are asking anyone with information to call Kennewick police at 509-628-0333.
People can also contact Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers at 509-586-8477, 800-222-8477 or online at www.tricitiescrimestoppers.org.
People can receive up to a $1,000 reward for any information given to Crime Stoppers that leads to a felony arrest.
This story was originally published April 30, 2019 at 8:16 AM.