Shoreline man arrested for shooting neighbor with BB gun

SHORELINE, Wash. - Police are investigating after a man allegedly shot his neighbor with a BB gun in Shoreline early Wednesday morning.

According to the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), at around 3:30 a.m., a man called 911 stating that he had been shot and did not know who the perpetrator was.

Police responded to the victim's location, a residential neighborhood near the corner of NE 170th St. and 18th Ave. NE. Upon arrival, they determined that the 29-year-old victim had been shot with a pellet or BB gun by a neighbor.

The KCSO reports that through the combined efforts of Shoreline, Metro, and Sound Transit police, probable cause was developed to arrest the neighbor. The 49-year-old suspect was located in a nearby residence, arrested and booked into the King County Jail on a felony assault charge.

The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators are still working to determine the motive behind the assault.

This incident remains an active and ongoing criminal investigation.