Detectives tonight are searching for clues in two apparent early-morning killings, one in downtown Everett the other near Lynnwood.
Both victims were men who appeared to have been shot.
In Everett, an older man’s body was found in a parking garage in the 3000 block of Broadway just after 5 a.m., Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said. The man had been shot several times. Detectives on Sunday were working to confirm his identity.
The parking lot where the man was found is underneath the Everett Senior Center and also is used by the Broadway Plaza assisted living facility for seniors and people with disabilities.
Residents this afternoon said they knew little about what happened early that morning. Some said they saw police gathering evidence in the garage.
By noon, the crime scene tape already was gone and there were no outward signs of the violence that erupted just a few hours earlier.
Detectives from Everett’s Major Crimes Unit were called to investigate the killing, Goetz said. They had no suspects and no motive this afternoon.
About the same time of the Everett killing, Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives were called to an apartment complex near Lynnwood. A 911 report of a gunshot and a woman’s screams led deputies to the Canyon Springs apartments in the 15900 block of 44th Avenue W. about 5 a.m., sheriff’s Lt. Brent Speyer said in a press release. They found a man’s body in the parking lot in front of an apartment.
The man appeared to have been the victim of a homicide, police said. Detectives didn’t immediately have any suspects.
The man’s identity wasn’t released today and it was not known if he lived at the complex.
Investigators still were gathering evidence at the scene late into the afternoon. Yellow crime tape blocked off a part of the complex. Beth and Paul Bomar stopped to watch the detectives work near their home.
Both were still awake about 5 a.m. Beth Bomar said she heard what sounded like a woman’s heart-wrenching scream. Her husband heard a single gunshot. Then there was another scream, followed by the sounds of sirens.
The Bomars decided not to come outside to investigate. They only learned someone was dead when they left their home in the morning.
Katya Yefimova: 425-339-3452, kyefimova@heraldnet.com.
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