Suspect shot at Kenmore storage facility after attempted break-in
Peoples Storage building. (KIRO 7 TV)
A woman is in the hospital after she was shot at a Kenmore storage facility.
Around 12:45 a.m. Monday, a live-in manager at Peoples Storage in the 6900 block of Northeast 181st Street interrupted a woman trying to break into a storage unit.
When the woman pulled out a gun, the manager, who was also armed, shot her in the shoulder.
The woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, and is expected to be booked into jail when she is released.
Woman shot in Kenmore while reportedly breaking into storage unit
By Q13 News Staff
Peoples Storage in Kenmore where resident caretaker shot alleged burglar (Q13 News photo)
KENMORE, Wash. - A woman was sent to a hospital overnight after she was shot while reportedly trying to break into a Kenmore storage unit.
Sgt. Tim Meyer with the King County Sheriff s Office said it happened about 12:45 a.m. Monday at Peoples Storage on NE 181st Street. A caretaker who lives on site said he saw the woman trying to break in, then shot her in the shoulder.
Investigators said both the suspect and the man who shot her were armed when the confrontation began.