Child, 9, shot in mouth in apparent road rage in Renton

Published 4:56 pm Friday, November 11, 2022

A 9-year-old with life-threatening injuries has been sent to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after what has been described as a road rage shooting in Renton.

Reports of the shooting were made around 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, near Grady Way and Rainier Avenue. Alhough little is yet known about what caused the shooting, the suspect was driving a Ford Mustang and is still at large, according to Washington State Patrol.

The child, who was in a Dodge Durango, was shot in the mouth and the chest and was in “stable condition” before being sent to Harborview, according to an early report from KOMO News.

Renton police, firefighters and King County medics were on-site following the shooting.