KENT, Wash. (AP) - Police in the south Seattle suburb of Kent say four “persons of interest” in the April 16 fatal shooting of a toddler in a car are in custody on unrelated matters.
One-year-old Malijah Grant was shot and killed as she sat in a car seat in the back of a silver Chevrolet Impala at an intersection in Kent. Her parents were in the front seat when police say a black car pulled alongside and the driver and a passenger opened fire.
KOMO-TV reports (https://is.gd/poEgJy ) that Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell updated the Kent City Council on Tuesday on police progress in the case. He said police have four persons of interest now and all are in custody on unrelated charges and warrants. None of the four has given any statements about the shooting, nor been charged in the little girl’s death.
Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas says investigators believe the shooting was related to a series of 12 to 15 recent gang-related shootings in the Puget Sound region.
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Information from: KOMO-TV, https://www.komotv.com/
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