6:30 PM: Thanks for the tips. The huge King County Sheriff’s Office response at 25th SW and SW 107th in North Shorewood [vicinity map] is because of a shooting. A man is reported to have shot his brother after a family dispute. While someone left the scene with the victim – intending to go to a Burien hospital, but eventually contacting 911 and now being taken to Harborview with a wound to the abdomen – the suspect was believed to still be in the residence where it happened, and that’s what the big response is about.
7:20 PM: They’re still trying to get him to come out voluntarily, before deploying a warrant to go in. Avoid the area, as they’re keeping traffic away for a considerable distance.
7:48 PM: Though opening and closing doors have been interpreted by deputies as proof that someone’s in the house, now they are also following up on a tip that the suspect is actually in High Point.
8:12 PM: No change – they’re still strategizing outside the North Shorewood house, while following up in High Point (where the tip is reported to have come from the suspect himself).
8:15 PM: The suspect is in custody – near Neighborhood House in High Point, where he told KCSO they would find him. Deputies back at North Shorewood will be searching the house now to be sure all’s well inside.
8:37 PM: A couple of readers have asked about a concurrent KCSO expanded presence at Steve Cox Memorial Park. That was being used as a staging area for some units.
8:55 PM: Back at the original North Shorewood scene, deputies have given the all-clear to reopen the street. We’re trying, meantime, to find out how the victim is doing.
9:06 PM: KCSO isn’t commenting on that, and their official media updates included far less info than we’ve already reported. So we likely won’t have anything more until after the suspect’s first hearing, which would be tomorrow or Monday if he’s booked into jail tonight.
7:19 AM SATURDAY: We just confirmed that the suspect is 18 and is in the King County Jail this morning.
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