BURIEN — A 17-year-old male is facing a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old female at a Burien apartment complex.
The King County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls of a shooting at the Spring Creek Apartments at about 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses said they heard a man and woman arguing in the hallway of one of the apartment buildings and later heard one shot, followed by several others. They found a female lying motionless in the hallway. Officials pronounced her dead at the scene.
Officials identified the suspect and booked him into the Youth Services Center for investigation of murder.
The sheriff’s office said they believe the victim and suspect knew each other, but the extent of their relationship was not immediately known.
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