Update | Pasco 14-year-old walked a block for help with several gunshot wounds
Pasco police continue to search for the gunman who shot a teen outside of an apartment building Monday evening.
The 14-year-old boy was shot multiple times at the complex near 22nd Avenue and Henry Street sometime before 6:30 p.m., Sgt. Tom Groom told the Tri-City Herald.
The wounded teen managed to walk a block to a busy 20th Avenue shopping center and entered a Rite Aid store.
“Bystanders stepped in to provide immediate first aid to the victim until police and fire (crews) were able to get there,” Groom said. “(It is) likely that aid is what helped this young man recover quickly.”
Medical staff took him to a nearby hospital and he is expected to a recover, Groom said.
Police have identified a suspect, but aren’t ready to release any information about him or what may have motivated the shooting.
Ab arrest hadn’t been made by a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
Police had help from Kennewick and West Richland police and Benton and Franklin county sheriff’s deputies, as well as the Pasco Fire Department.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Pasco police using the non-emergency dispatch number at 509-628-0333.
This story was originally published March 7, 2023 at 10:40 AM.