SL Police: Richmond Beach Shooting

In the Police Blotter published December 27, we reported on the bar fight in Richmond Beach. Now here is the full story, from the Shoreline Police.

Richmond Beach Shooting
By Sgt. Katie Larson, Shoreline Police

On 12/12/2009 at about 12:30 am, Shoreline Police responded to a report of a shooting that had just occurred at Ricky’s Bar and Grill in Richmond Beach.

When officers arrived they found several people “holding down a man on in the ground in front of the business.” Several of the bystanders were shouting things like “he shot him” while pointing at the man on the ground. Officer Myers took control of the man on the ground and located a small handgun in the front pants pocket. The suspect, a convicted felon, also had several knives on his person.

The victim had fled the scene. A short time later a witness received a telephone call from the victim who inquired as to the status of the suspect. Apparently, the suspect and victim had an altercation in the bar earlier in the evening and the victim had been asked to leave the bar. The victim was “hanging around” the parking lot when the suspect and his girlfriend left. According to witnesses the “girlfriend” ran up to the victim and started “shouting at him and hitting him with her hands.” The suspect then shot the victim (in the foot) who in turn took the suspect to the ground and punched him repeatedly in the face. Two witnesses pulled the victim off the suspect and the victim took off.

While sorting through this incident we were advised of a two-car serious accident. Unfortunately, all of our resources were allocated to the shooting. Thank you to the Washington State Patrol for handling the accident for us and to the Edmonds Police Department and Kenmore Police for assisting us with the shooting investigation.

This follow-up portion of this incident is being investigated by KCSO Major Crimes.

Ricky's photo by peterga