SNOHOMISH — Police nabbed three more people Sunday night in connection with last week’s shooting at a church parking lot that left one man wounded.
Two Snohomish men, ages 19 and 20, and a Snohomish woman, 21, were being held Monday at Snohomish County Jail for investigation of rendering cri
minal assistance, a felony.
Police believe the three picked up and housed two teenagers who were on the run after Wednesday’s shooting at the parking lot in the 1300 block of Pine Avenue.
“Some of them went so far as to lie and misdirect the efforts of detectives to locate the suspects and pointed them to dead-end tips knowing they would not find anything or anyone there,” according to a statement issued by the Snohomish Police Department on Monday.
Terrance L. Lawson and his girlfriend, Lorene Saladini, both 19, were arrested early Friday morning. A judge set bail at $1 million for Lawson and $500,000 for Saladini. Both were being held Monday for investigation of first-degree assault with a weapon.
Police believe the victim, Evan Self, 21, of Snohomish, was shot three times because he was spreading information about Lawson’s pending child rape case.
Self was listed in serious condition Friday at a Seattle hospital. Hospital officials on Monday said Self had asked for his patient status not to be shared anymore.
Lawson and Saladini allegedly called a friend to get them about an hour after the shooting. One of the Snohomish men was driving, and three others were in the car. They picked up the couple near some bushes by Fred Meyer and took them to a home in the 15100 block of 16th Street SE in Snohomish, according to an affidavit filed in Snohomish County Superior Court. Two of the people suspected of helping the couple live at the home. It was unclear Monday what happened to the fourth person.
While police were camped out at Lawson’s home after the shooting, two of the people now under investigation for rendering assistance went there and talked to a detective, records show. They reportedly asked about Lawson’s pets but said they didn’t know where he was. One of them later told police he let Lawson use his phone after the shooting to call his mother.
The shooting came within an hour of Saladini confronting Self about reports he was talking about the child rape case brought against her boyfriend, police said. Lawson is accused in court papers of having sex with an 11-year-old.
Witnesses described the shooting “as premeditated and not self-defense,” according to a court affidavit.
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com.
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