A 22-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday, June 26 on State Route 167 near Auburn.
At about 7:30 p.m., Washington State Patrol troopers were on the scene of a drive-by shooting that occurred about five minutes before on northbound SR 167, just north of Ellingson Road in Algona near Auburn. At the scene, a Prius was found containing one deceased man, according to State Patrol spokesperson Trooper Rick Johnson.
Breiner Andres Castro Jaramillo died of multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death was homicide, according to the June 27 King County Medical Examiner’s report.
When the first responding officer arrived, Jaramillo was already deceased. According to Johnson, the man had no identification on him.
Johnson said that the only information they really have at this point is that the suspects might have been in a silver Scion or Subaru-type vehicle, and a red SUV with an unknown make or model. Johnson said apart from that, there is not much information about what happened, so they really need the public’s help to report anything they saw.
“So whether you were in that area, north or southbound, have dashcam, anything, we’ll take it, and they can call the State Patrol, and they’ll know what incident they’re talking about,” Johnson said. “We can’t say if it’s targeted, random, road rage related. We don’t have any information like that.”
Johnson said detectives are canvassing the area and are on the case full-time. The Washington State Department of Transportation has cameras on highways, but they’re not recorded. Johnson added that he believes there is not statewide capability to record all video from the cameras.
More information will be reported as it becomes available. Anyone with information regarding the shooting can call 911.
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