Man in hospital after being shot in Mukilteo

Published 10:10 pm Monday, October 3, 2011

MUKILTEO — Police are investigating a shooting that sent one man to an emergency room Monday morning.

Officers received reports of possible gunfire just before 6:30 a.m. in the 5200 block of 86th Place SW. Crews found a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.

The man told investigators that he was trying to talk with some people outside his home when there was a struggle. That’s when the man was shot. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was listed in satisfactory condition, Mukilteo police officer Cheol Kang said.

Detectives spent the morning interviewing the man to try to learn more about what happened.

The victim told police he didn’t know the two suspects. They were last seen leaving the area in a maroon Dodge Magnum.

No other details about the incident were available Monday.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Mukilteo Police Department at 425-263-8100.

Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463; hefley@heraldnet.com.