20-year-old woman shot dead and left in the street in Kennewick

A 20-year-old woman’s body was found lying in an east Kennewick street before dawn on Sunday.

Emergency dispatchers received several reports of gunshots about 4:15 a.m. near South Gum Street.

They also received a call from a man who said he’d been with the victim, Andrea Nunez of Kennewick, said police.

Before officers arrived, 911 dispatchers were told someone was trying to revive her with CPR while she was still in the road at East Seventh Avenue and Gum Street.

But paramedics arrived to find Nunez already dead of a gunshot wound, said Kennewick police.

Video from neighbors showed people in the area who appear to be walking or running away from the area, police said.

Officers were working late Sunday morning to identify the two men seen on the videos and possible witnesses.

Officers also found empty shell casings in the area of Gum and Seventh.

Later Sunday morning, neighbors stood outside watching officers work in the blocked-off streets of the residential area just a few blocks south of Chemical Drive (Highway 397).

Kennewick police are asking for the public’s help. Anyone in the neighborhood with video or anyone with information is asked to call 509-628-0333.

The incident was likely not random and the public is not in danger, according to Kennewick police.

Second Tri-Cities weekend killing

It was the second Tri-Cities shooting death of the weekend.

A West Richland man died early Saturday after being shot several times outside the Columbia Park Apartments on the 1600 block of Jadwin Avenue in Richland around 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Daniel Rice, 30, was taken to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, where he died.

Police are looking for the shooter and another man who drove off with the him in a dark Honda sedan or similar car.

Kennewick also had a series of drive-by shootings believed to be gang-related in recent days.

Shooting incidents were reported on April 24, 25 and 26.

Police arrested a 17-year-old West Richland teen and 18-year-old Miguel Garcia, of Kennewick, for a shooting that sent bullets into an apartment building on the 1100 block of Cleveland Street late last Sunday night, Kennewick police said.

In another incident, a 17-year-old girl was wounded by a bullet while sitting in a Kennewick park near Vancouver Street.

Police say It is too soon to tell if the Gum Street shooting early Sunday morning was related to any of the other recent incidents.

This story was originally published May 5, 2019 at 10:03 AM.