{"id":70240,"date":"2024-08-01T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/home2\/metro-bus-shooting-ambush-in-auburn-injures-four-video\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:45:00","slug":"metro-bus-shooting-ambush-in-auburn-injures-four-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/northwest\/metro-bus-shooting-ambush-in-auburn-injures-four-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro bus shooting ambush in Auburn injures four | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/f7PTJ4LR-4Tg7R3ZA.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" title=\"Auburn shooting captured on camera\" style=\"position:absolute;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Three minors and one adult suffered injuries in a shooting in Auburn on July 28 after suspects fired at individuals exiting a Metro bus, firing nearly 100 rounds.<\/p>\n<p>According to Auburn police investigators, the shooting &ldquo;appeared to be a planned ambush and not a random attack.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the department, Auburn police officers responded at around 6:40 a.m. to the 2900 block of M Street Southeast following report of a shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Footage released by the department showed four masked individuals emerging from the parking lot of the Cedar Pointe Apartments at 2935 O St. SE in Auburn with handguns after a group of five people exited a King County Metro bus.<\/p>\n<p>The four suspects fired at the bus riders, with the five riders fleeing the scene as the suspects chased with guns raised.<\/p>\n<p>According to the department, the investigation determined one of the bus riders was armed and returned fire as they fled.<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting, the shooters retreated back into the apartment complex parking lot. According to the department, three minors and one adult out of the five bus riders suffered non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Kolby Crossley, public information officer for the Auburn Police Department, said he lacked information regarding the specific injuries in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the suspects utilized illegally modified pistols converted into fully automatic handguns. According to the department, officers found &ldquo;nearly 100 shell casings&rdquo; south of the intersection upon arrival at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement collected firearm parts, holsters, bullets and ammunition, shell casings, and more as evidence at the scene, according to the department&rsquo;s public information log.<\/p>\n<p>The Auburn Police Department has no updates regarding the shooting as of July 30, Crossley stated. Auburn police requested public assistance for any information regarding the July 28 shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auburn Police report the shooting &lsquo;appeared to be a planned ambush and not a random attack.&rsquo; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1153,"featured_media":70241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,24],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-70240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home2","category-northwest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70240"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=70240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}