Car thief opens fire at skateboarder in Kennewick parking lot
A car thief opened fire on a man in a Kennewick parking lot on a busy street early Friday.
A man parked his van in the WinCo Foods parking lot along Clearwater Avenue around 1:30 a.m. so he could skateboard in the parking lot, said Officer Adam Greiber.
As he was skating, he spotted a man breaking into his van. The skateboarder confronted the man, and they argued.
The thief pulled out a gun and shot at the van owner. The shot hit the van instead and then both men ran.
The skateboarder ran to a nearby gas station and called police.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Kennewick police at 509-628-0333.
This story was originally published September 10, 2021 at 12:14 PM.