{"id":55516,"date":"2022-02-24T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/home2\/shooting-in-auburns-veterans-memorial-park-kills-one\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T17:19:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:19:00","slug":"shooting-in-auburns-veterans-memorial-park-kills-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/northwest\/shooting-in-auburns-veterans-memorial-park-kills-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting in Auburn’s Veterans Memorial Park kills one"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 19-year-old man died in a shooting at Veterans Memorial Park, 411 E. St. NE, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 23, according to Auburn Police.<\/p>\n

The Auburn Police Department is investigating the case as a possible homicide, but as of Thursday afternoon police had no suspects in custody.<\/p>\n

The victim’s name and his city of residence have not been released.<\/p>\n

“We are currently waiting for autopsy results and detectives are following up on locating potential suspects,” Kolby Crossley, public information officer for the Auburn Police Department, said Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Police responded to the park at about 6:15 p.m after hearing from multiple neighbors that they had heard gunshots in the area and found the man on the ground with a single gunshot wound. Despite the efforts of paramedics, the man died at the scene.<\/p>\n

Police do not yet have a motive for the shooting.<\/p>\n

If anyone has information that could help with the investigation, please contact the Auburn PD Tip Line at 253-288-7403.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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