A dispute between a manager and a bookkeeper Monday at a Kent auto body shop led to a double shooting and left two men injured.<\/p>\n
The manager reportedly used a handgun to fire one or two shots that hit the bookkeeper in the abdomen and wrist, said Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan in a phone interview Monday afternoon. The manager then shot himself in the head.<\/p>\n
Both men were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The manager has life-threatening injuries, Strachan said.<\/p>\n
Kent Police identified the bookkeeper Monday evening as Mark Owen, the son of Washington state Lt. Gov. Brad Owen. Mark Owen is in satisfactory condition at Harborview, Strachan said.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred at about 2:34 p.m. Monday at the Kent Body and Paint Shop, 831 Fifth Ave S., just north of South 259th Street and east of Highway 167.<\/p>\n
Detectives were interviewing employees Monday to try to determine what led to the dispute, Strachan said.<\/p>\n
The manager reportedly shot Owen in an office. Owen then fled the office to get help before the manager shot himself.<\/p>\n
“There’s no logical reason to use a firearm as part of an argument, but we need to find out the details of what led to this,” Strachan said.<\/p>\n
Strachan said he did not yet know the ages of the men involved in the shooting or the towns where the men live.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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