A drive-by shooting in Lakewood that resulted in eight arrests was retaliation for a drug deal that soured, police said this morning.
A drive-by shooting in Lakewood that resulted in eight arrests was retaliation for a drug deal that soured, police said this morning.
No one was injured in the shooting, which happened about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, but bullets struck a parked car and house in the 8400 block of 99th Street Court Southwest.
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A 19-year-old Lakewood man wanted for shooting up a house after a drug deal gone wrong was arrested Tuesday after a month on the run.
There were drugs, guns, bullet-riddled cars and a group of friends angry that the wrong guy showed up to sell them marijuana at a Lakewood market.
A drive-by shooting that resulted in eight arrests was retaliation for a drug deal that soured, Lakewood police said Tuesday.
A 19-year-old Lakewood man wanted for shooting up a house after a drug deal went wrong was arrested Tuesday after a month on the run, officials said Wednesday.
Pierce County prosecutors say trouble started early Sunday when a drug deal went bad, resulting in two separate gunfights. The action ended hours later after police found two marijuana grows, five guns and cash hidden throughout the alleged shooters’ apartments and cars.
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