1 killed, 1 injured in Renton shooting

Renton police are investigating after two men were shot Wednesday afternoon.

According to the police department, officers were called to the 300 block of Wells Avenue North around 2:45 p.m. When they arrived, they found two men with “serious” gunshot wounds.

One man was declared dead on scene, while the other was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

The incident is being investigated as a homicide. Police said the man who died was in his 30s.

Neighbors say drug use and loud parties are common in the area where the shooting happened.

In fact, the issue was so bad that Renton’s police chief heard from worried residents. Yet, in the weeks since, neighbors say the problems have continued.

“It’s like an open-air market,” one neighbor said. “Weekends, you can see — they open up the hoods, open the doors and leave the door open, and they’re walking through the streets and they’re just stoned out of their brain…

“And the frustrating thing is we even said this a month ago, ‘Someone is going to get killed.’”

While a shooter has not been identified, police said they do not think the shooter poses a danger to the public.

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