Renton Fatal Shooting: Police Still Looking For Suspects

RENTON, WA - One day after a man was found dead of a gunshot wound in a Renton residential neighborhood, police are still searching for suspects. Renton police Cmdr. David Liebman said Sunday that police do not yet know who the perpetrators might be. The victim and another man were discovered early Saturday morning in a neighborhood south of Petrovitsky Road, but police believe the shooting happened at another location.

The victim was found in a car along the 11300 block of Southeast 179th Street in the Benson Hill neighborhood on Saturday close to 4 a.m. In addition to the deceased, there was another man in the car with gunshot wounds in the legs. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. Liebman said that the second victim was not cooperating with police. Both victims are in their 20s.

Two other high-profile shootings have occurred in Renton over the last two weeks. There was a drive-by shooting late Monday night along the 600 block of South 53rd Place near Talbot Road South. The suspects fired close to 40 shots at a home there, and one person was injured.

On April 17, Kalin Carter Lubben, 21, was found dead in the the stairwell at the Sunset View apartments off Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. Lubben died of a gunshot wound to the head.

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