A Kent man suffered a gunshot wound to the arm during an unknown type of dispute on Saturday at an apartment parking lot on the East Hill.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Officers responded at about 4:15 p.m. to reports of shots being fire in the 10800 block of Southeast 240th Street, according to a Kent Police media release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Callers to 911 indicated a red car had fled the scene after shots were fired.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, shortly after the report of gunshots, officers heard the sounds of a vehicle collision in the 10800 block of Southeast 208th Street and discovered a red car had struck a telephone pole. Officers saw no occupants inside the car but found a man with a gunshot wound to his arm a short distance from the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Paramedics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for further treatment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Preliminary information confirms that the man with the gunshot wound was in the 10800 block of Southeast 240th Street and that the vehicle that crashed also was in that area.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
No other gunshot victims were reported. Police interviewed witnesses as well as the gunshot victim as they try to determine what led to the gunfire and the crash.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n