Girl injured by gunshot near Snohomish

Published 5:32 pm Tuesday, November 16, 2021

SNOHOMISH — A girl was injured in a shooting late Tuesday afternoon east of Snohomish, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were called around 4:50 p.m. to reports that a child in her early teens had been wounded by a single gunshot in the 6600 block of 181st Avenue SE, in the Three Lakes area.

The child was expected to survive.

The exact reason for the gunfire was not totally clear.

Investigators were working to identify who fired the weapon.

Nobody had been arrested as of Tuesday evening, according to the sheriff’s office.