KENT, Wash. — The Kent Police Department (KPD) says two men were found dead in Kent’s West Hill neighborhood last night.
At around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Kent police responded to a home near South 271st Street and 31st Avenue South for reports of a shooting.
KPD says two men were found “obviously deceased,” and a witness told police that the 48-year-old suspect shot his 70-year-old father before taking his own life.
Kent PD says both son and father are believed to have lived at the home where the shooting occurred.
Police are investigating the incident as a homicide, and are still looking into what led up to the shooting.
Authorities say there is no ongoing threat to the community.
This is a developing story.
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