Bellingham woman, 26, shot by masked man as she opened door
Mar 7, 2013, 2:05 PM | Updated: 3:17 pm
A Bellingham woman tells police she was shot by a masked man at her door on Thursday.
The woman was transported to St. Joseph hospital. Her condition is not known, but she is talking to officers.
The woman, 26, says she was shot when she responded to a knock at the door of her apartment around 9 a.m. She was able to call police and report the attack by the masked man.
Officers searched the neighborhood. They also interviewed the woman’s male roommate and said he is not a suspect.
“We’re looking for a suspect, motive, and any information we can gather on this,” says Bellingham police spokesman Mark Young.
Young says officers did question a person of interest who was at work at the time of the shooting.
Investigators have no one in custody, but Young says they are reasonably sure it was not a random attack.
“We believe that this was not random,” says Young. But he cautions the suspect is still on the loose. “Although we don’t believe that this was random, we still have a guy out there who was involved in a shooting this morning, so take caution.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
