Update 5:15 pm Mar. 7
The King County Sheriff's office released this update on the dual shooting incident the night of Tuesday, Mar. 6 in Burien.
A 32 year old bail bondsman and a 42 year old Burien man were both shot when gunfire was exchanged early Wednesday morning in front of a Burien house. The incident occurred about 11:40 PM in the 12600 block of Occidental Ave S.
The bail bondsman told police he had information that a woman with a warrant he was looking for was associated with the house. The bondsman said he had been watching the house when there was a confrontation which occurred outside between him and the residents of the house.
Witnesses said that someone in the house brought a shotgun outside and after a brief struggle over the shotgun shots were fired. The bondsman, who was wearing a bullet proof vest, was struck in the chest with birdshot. A resident of the house was struck in the leg by a bullet presumably fired by the bondsman. The woman the bondsman was looking for was not in the house and police do not believe she is actually associated with the house.
“At this point we are still sorting out the details of what happened leading up to the shooting,” said Sergeant Cindi West, spokesperson for the King County Office.” “We know that multiple rounds were fired by each side but detectives are still trying to piece together the specifics.”
The King County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit is handling the investigation.
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Gunfire split the night in the 12600 block of Occidental Ave. s.w. Tuesday night in Burien. This morning two people are recovering from wounds in the incident.
it started with a bail bondsman who was staked out looking for a woman. According to a spokesperson for the King County Sheriff's a few minutes before midnight, a man who lived at the house arrived home. He spoke to the bondsman. What happened next is not entirely clear but the man had a shotgun and shots were fired.
Public Information Officer for KCSO Cindi West said. "We're not sure if the shooter was the person he struck in the leg or if there was another individual,"
The bondsman was shot in the chest and the man was shot in the leg. The whereabouts of the woman in question are unknown.
The shooting victims were taken to Harborview Hospital.
