Overview
- Officers responded just before 7 a.m. to Cornerstone Parking Group’s fenced employee lot in the 2600 block of 32nd Avenue S., where a man in his 40s was pronounced dead.
- Investigators say the employee had begun his shift, encountered someone rifling through a vehicle that was not his, and a brief struggle preceded the gunfire around 6:30 a.m.
- Co-workers discovered the wounded man about 20 minutes after the confrontation and called 911, and officers attempted lifesaving aid at the scene.
- No arrests have been made and police have not identified the suspect, with officials withholding descriptive details as they pursue several leads.
- Chief Brian O’Hara condemned the killing as senseless over an attempted petty theft and asked anyone with information to contact police or CrimeStoppers.