BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) - A 16-year-old was fatally shot at a Burlington apartment complex and a 15-year-old boy was arrested soon after.
KOMO-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2nT2fZz ) that a second person of interest is being sought.
Officers responded to the Heritage Place Apartments about 11:25 p.m. Thursday after receiving a report of a possible shooting.
The 16-year-old was found with multiple bullet wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers arrested the 15-year-old suspect at his residence in Burlington. He was booked into the Skagit County Juvenile Detention Center for investigation of second-degree murder.
Detectives are still looking for the other person of interest in the shooting.
Burlington police say the shooting happened during a physical altercation between the people involved. The shooting is under investigation.
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Information from: KOMO-TV, https://www.komotv.com/
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