One arrested, cops still looking for other suspects in Auburn tavern shooting
Apr 2, 2013, 8:11 AM | Updated: 9:44 am
A couple watch Auburn police process the crime scene area where four people were shot and three were killed at the Sports Page in the Parkside Plaza at Auburn on Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Lui Kit Wong)
(AP Photo/The News Tribune, Lui Kit Wong)
A 28-year-old man accused of firing a .45-caliber handgun into the crowd outside an Auburn sports bar after seeing his friend get shot has been ordered held on $250,000 bail.
Police continue to search for others responsible for killing three men and wounding a fourth.
Auburn police Cmdr. Mike Hirman says the man who appeared in court Monday is a felon who is not supposed to have a gun. He was arrested for investigation of reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of a firearm.
The King County medical examiner’s office has not officially identified the victims in the shooting early Sunday outside the Sports Page Tavern. Hirman says it began with a dispute between two women on the dance floor.
Police seized several guns, as well as seven vehicles. “We’ll be serving the warrants on those vehicles and processing those cars starting (Monday,)” says Hirman.
According to Hirman, police recovered some guns from vehicles, and others from the scene, as well as multiple shell casings that indicated additional weapons were used in the shooting.
Hirman says there were at least two shooters and possibly four or five.
The wounded man was in serious condition at a Seattle hospital and police were hoping to interview him Monday.
