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WSP searching for cars in I-5 shootout

caption: A bullet hole in the windshield of Dodge Charger. The Charger had four children inside when it got caught in a freeway shootout between two other cars. The hole in the windshield is not from the two other cars, however. It is from the driver who fired back at them.
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A bullet hole in the windshield of Dodge Charger. The Charger had four children inside when it got caught in a freeway shootout between two other cars. The hole in the windshield is not from the two other cars, however. It is from the driver who fired back at them.
Washington State Patrol

The Washington State Patrol is asking for your help as troopers try to find the people involved in a freeway shootout along southbound I-5 near Tukwila.

According to Trooper Rick Johnson, the incident unfolded between a Dodge Challenger and a Kia Wednesday evening. The two vehicles entered the freeway from the shoulder and began firing upon each other. Bullets struck a nearby Dodge Charger with four children inside. The driver of the Charger then fired back, through their windshield, at the other vehicles, which sped off.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 911.

According to a report from KIRO 7, WSP responded to 20 freeway shootings in King County between January and April of this year. That's about double the number for the same time period in 2021.

Wednesday's incident comes a couple months after another shooting incident further south on I-5 through Lakewood in June. A driver of a Lincoln SUV fired upon a Kia for merging in front of them on the freeway.

Updates and more in KUOW's Today So Far Blog

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