Shooting At Bonney Lake Drug House Leaves Man Wounded

BONNEY LAKE, WA - A 34-year-old man was shot and wounded Tuesday by a member of the Pierce County SWAT team at a "problem house" near Prairie Ridge. The man refused to drop a razor blade he was holding, according to police, and was shot once in the leg.

Police went to the home along 206th Avenue Court East around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to serve a search warrant related to a Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force investigation. When police arrived, they saw two men on the porch, and one was holding a razor blade.

The suspect was taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries after the shooting. The shooting temporarily put the search warrant on hold, but police will execute it as soon as the shooting investigation ends.

According to police, the home is a notorious problem spot. Police have responded 127 times there since 1997 for a raft of different issues from heroin overdoses to suicide threats. There was a drive-by shooting at the home last October.

The auto theft task force is investigating the home over stolen cars and motorcycles, illegal guns, and drug possession.

Image courtesy Pierce County Sheriff