KENT, Wash. — Two people were found dead Tuesday night at a motel in Kent after an apparent shooting, Kent police said in a release Wednesday.
Officers were dispatched to the Kent Valley Motel just before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night after multiple 911 callers reported the sound of gunshots inside one of the rooms.
Police arrived and located two gunshot victims inside one of the rooms: a 43-year-old Kent man and a 32-year-old Alaska woman, both of whom were already deceased.
The suspect is still outstanding and has not been identified.
The shooting is being investigated as a homicide. Police do not believe the shooting was random.
The homicides are the first in Kent this year, according to police.
Kent police detectives continue to investigate and ask anyone with information about this incident to call 253-856-5808 or email KPDTips@kentwa.gov.
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