EVERETT — Troopers are investigating a shooting that occurred inside a moving car on I-5 south of Everett on Tuesday.
The incident was reported about noon along the southbound lanes near 128th Street SW, said Sgt. Mark Francis with the Washington State Patrol.
A 30-year-old man was driving a Toyota Camry with a 26-year-old woman in the passenger seat, Francis said. The woman told police that the man shot himself in the head. She said she grabbed the steering wheel and pulled over on the shoulder.
The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The woman was unhurt.
The circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation, Francis said. Additional details about the man were being withheld while police tried to reach his family.
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