Suspect in custody after 1 killed outside Renton, WA market

Renton grocery store confrontation leads to deadly shooting, arrest

Renton police are investigating a deadly shooting outside a popular neighborhood market, after an argument that started in side the grocery store turned violent Tuesday night, leaving a man dead.

RENTON, Wash. - Renton police arrested a suspect in connection to a homicide that occurred Tuesday night.

What we know:

Officers responded shortly after 9:30 p.m. to Northeast 4th Street near Queen Avenue Northeast and found one person dead with multiple gunshot wounds.

During the investigation, officers learned that the suspect and the victim were in a business when they began to argue, which escalated into a physical altercation. Authorities say the suspect then allegedly shot the victim, a s5-year-old man, multiple times before fleeing the scene in a vehicle. 

The suspect's car was found abandoned a short distance away from the crime scene. Law enforcement then activated a K9 track and the King County Sheriff's Office Guardian One helicopter to assist in the search. 

At around 12:17 a.m., the Renton Police Department announced that a suspect was in custody.

The suspect was identified as a 32-year-old convicted felon with a long rap sheet, including illegal gun possession and property damage.

He appeared in court Wednesday and is being held on probable cause for second-degree murder. He's expected to be charged and have his bail amount set on Friday.

Investigators are still trying to determine what the argument was about before the fatal shooting.

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