Yesterday morning, a routine commute was disrupted when a drive-by shooting on a Tacoma interchange left a 35-year-old man with a shoulder injury. The shooting occurred on the ramp from southbound I-5 to westbound state Route 16 just after 8:40 a.m. The Washington State Patrol is urgently seeking witnesses.
The victim, caught in a brutal and unsought confrontation, was behind the wheel of a black 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee; his jeep was approached by an unknown black four-door sedan, inside which the assailant and an accompanying female passenger launched several shots, while a female companion in the jeep sat unharmed, according to a report provided by the Washington State Patrol. Details about the assailant remain scant, save for the description provided by witnesses who pegged the driver as a light-skinned black male.
After the shooting, the sedan fled westbound on SR 16. The Washington State Patrol is asking anyone who saw anything, no matter how minor, to come forward. With few details about the attacker or the sedan.
