[1]Officers collect evidence from outside a small house on Southwest William Avenue.
Updated at 8:30 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Several shots were fired following an argument outside a Chehalis residence overnight, drawing officers from multiple agencies to the 600 block of Southwest William Avenue.
Nobody was struck or injured, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
Department spokesperson Linda Bailey reports the masked suspect fled the scene.
Officers responded to several 911 calls around 2:55 a.m. today, in which callers indicated hearing four or five shots, according to Bailey.
Chehalis police were joined by officers from the Centralia Police Department, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol. They set up containment in the area and brought in a police dog in an attempt to locate the suspect, according to Bailey.
The investigation is ongoing this morning and detectives are following up on several leads.
Bailey said this morning she has no information yet on where any bullets may have landed, but officers are at the scene now working on determining such information.
The police department believes it was not a random act, but that the residents of the home and the shooter are known to each other.
Initial information suggested the person with the gun as a male who left on foot, she said.
“They’re still interviewing to see if they can piece together a description,” she said.