By Leslie Moriarty
Herald Writer
MONROE — A 38-year-old Monroe man was shot to death at an apartment near downtown around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, and a 68-year-old man is in custody, thought to be the assailant.
The dead man has been identified by Monroe Police as Loren Lowman. He died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.
Monroe police spokesman Brian Johnston said police responded to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of S. Lewis Street at 10:31 p.m. Saturday. A female in the residence at that location directed officers to the rear of the building where they located an adult male who appeared to have gunshot wounds. Medical units responded but were not able to revive Lowman.
The woman told police that Lowman had come to visit her about an hour earlier. She told him that a second man was in the bedroom and had been there all day, doing drugs. The woman told police that she told Lowman she wanted the man to leave and Lowman went into the bedroom. She said she heard her friend tell the man to leave.
The woman said the next thing she heard was the sound of three gunshots. She said the man got up and left the apartment.
When police arrived, she gave them a description of the vehicle the man fled in, and what direction he was traveling.
By coincidence, when the call came, the Monroe police sergeant on duty and a Snohomish County sheriff’s sergeant were together and decided that Monroe officers would go to the scene and sheriff’s deputies would head west on U.S. 2.
When police officers were given a description of the suspect’s vehicle from the woman, they radioed deputies who located the vehicle traveling toward Snohomish on U.S. 2. The suspect was taken into custody without incident.
"That’s just the way good communication is supposed to work," said Sgt. Johnston.
The suspect is believed to be from Monroe. The investigation is continuing.
Johnston said the area where the shooting happened is not known to police as a high-crime area. He said it is at the south end of downtown, between a business district and a residential area.
"It’s not an area of a lot of calls," he said.
You can call Herald Writer Leslie Moriarty at 425-339-3436
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