EVERETT — Gunfire erupted Sunday in a crowded south Everett playground as people were enjoying the sunshine.
About 2:30 p.m., police said a gunman shot at a group of men who were filming a hip-hop music video at Walter E. Hall Park, near the skate park.
The shots rang out, and people scattered and fled. When police arrived, a lone 11-year-old skateboarder remained to tell officers what happened.
Meanwhile, friends of an Everett man were rushing him to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett with a gunshot wound in the shoulder.
Officials on Wednesday said they believe they know who is responsible for the violence.
Everett police major-crimes detectives are now seeking the arrest of Bradley W. Bailey, 21, of Snohomish.
Anyone who knows where Bailey might be is asked to call 911.
Bailey is considered armed and dangerous, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said. Detectives have probable cause to arrest Bailey for investigation of four counts of first-degree assault and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
A photo of the suspect was released Wednesday.
“Investigators have been in contact with the suspect’s attorney in a effort to get the suspect to turn himself in,” Goetz said. “So far those efforts have proven unsuccessful.”
Bailey is described as 6 feet, 5 inches tall; 180 pounds; with brown eyes and long, blond hair.
The shooting victim, Wes Carnegie, a hip-hop performer who goes by the name Contajus and raps with the group Black Senate, is recovering, said Carnegie’s mother, Janis Tawrel of Everett.
Carnegie underwent a three-hour surgery Sunday, his mother said. He celebrated his 25th birthday Monday in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
“He’s doing as well as can be expected,” Tawrel said Wednesday.
Police believe Sunday’s shooting stemmed from a fight that occurred several days earlier, Goetz said. The fight involved some of Carnegie’s friends who were with him Sunday.
Bailey saw Carnegie and opened fire, chasing him around a vehicle shooting a handgun, witnesses told police.
“The suspect was reportedly firing at all the males during this incident and had no regard for the other citizens in the park at the time,” Goetz said.
Bailey reportedly fled the park in a two-door Buick Skylark.
Sunday’s shooting is not believed to be gang related, Goetz said.
Carnegie is “freaked out,” his mother said.
“It’s not every day that something like this happens,” she said.
Carnegie also was at a Seattle nightclub on Jan. 4 during a shooting that left a man dead. An Everett man has been charged with possession of drugs in connection with that case.
The two incidents are not believed to be related, Goetz said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Everett police tip line at 425-257-8450.
Reporter Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3437 or jholtz@heraldnet.com.
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