Troopers arrest suspect accused of shooting driver in face on I-5
Troopers arrest suspect accused of shooting driver in face on I-5
Troopers arrested a suspect after a shooting on Interstate 5 in Kent seriously injured a man last month. WSP says the suspect was arrested after he was released from being treated in the hospital following another shooting incident.
KENT, Wash. - Troopers arrested a suspect after a shooting on Interstate 5 in Kent seriously injured a man last month. WSP says the suspect was arrested after he was released from being treated in the hospital following another shooting incident.
The shooting happened on March 15 in the northbound lanes of I-5 near State Route 516.
According to the Washington State Patrol, the driver of a white vehicle, believed to be an Audi, was driving erratically and cutting in front of other drivers. A driver in a black vehicle pulled up alongside the white one.
Troopers said the driver of the black vehicle was shot in the face. As a result, they crashed into a barrier on the right shoulder and continued before coming to a stop in a northbound right lane.
The victim was taken with very serious injuries to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Francisco Castro-Guzman (WSP / WSDOT)
On April 20, King County sheriff's detectives notified the Washington State Patrol that they were investigating a shooting in which the victim was in the hospital and uncooperative. They say the victim in that shooting, Francisco Castro-Guzman, was also wanted in connection with the Kent drive-by shooting. Troopers responded to the hospital and took Castro-Guzman into custody when the hospital released him.
The suspect was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of assault.