16-year-old arrested in gang-related shooting at busy Clearwater Avenue intersection
Police arrested a 16-year-old accused of firing at a car at a busy Clearwater Avenue intersection in a gang-related shooting last week.
Three teens were on the sidewalk near the corner of Edison Street about 6:15 p.m. on April 28 when one of them reportedly opened fire at a passing car, Kennewick police Commander Isaac Merkl told the Tri-City Herald.
The car, with about three or four people inside, sped away, and Merkl said investigators haven’t determined if anyone in the car also fired a shot. No one was reported wounded.
Police talked with the teens on the sidewalk but they didn’t have enough evidence to hold them, Merkl said.
In the past week, Kennewick detectives found evidence linking the teens to the shooting, he said.
Tri-City Regional SWAT team and Criminal Apprehension Team detectives searched two Clearwater Avenue homes on Thursday morning and arrested the 16-year-old, Kennewick police said in a Facebook post.
The teen was booked into the Benton Franklin Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of first-degree assault and illegally having a gun.