Auburn shootout caught on camera, 100 shell casings found

Name: 4 injured in 'planned ambush,' Auburn Police say
Uploaded: 2024-07-29T16:27:37-07:00
Description: Video shows four masked suspects ambush a group exiting a Metro bus in Auburn, resulting in a shootout that left 100 shell casings at the scene.

4 injured in 'planned ambush,' Auburn Police say

Video shows four masked suspects ambush a group exiting a Metro bus in Auburn, resulting in a shootout that left 100 shell casings at the scene.

AUBURN, Wash. - Nearly 100 shell casings were found after a shootout involving two groups in Auburn, and police recently released video of the incident.

The shooting, which was caught on camera, shows four masked individuals with handguns firing at a group of four victims exiting a Metro bus. Surveillance footage from the Metro bus captured the incident, which happened at 6:40 a.m. Sunday on M Street SE near 29th Street SE.

Auburn Police say the shooting appeared to be a planned ambush and not a random attack.

Officers arrived at the scene to find 100 shell casings at a nearby intersection. Police also said one of the victims was possibly armed and returned fire as they fled.

It's believed that multiple suspects used illegal weapon modifications that allowed their pistols to fire fully automatically.

The four victims, three of whom were juveniles, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Auburn PD is asking anyone with information about this case to contact their tip line at 253-288-7403.

A woman living in the area says the gunfire woke up her and her family, and she went to check on her neighbor who was closer to the violence.

"I talked to the person that received three bullets in her apartment," she said. "Two on kids' bedroom and one in the living room that passed through the ceiling from the kitchen."

It left many in the neighborhood questioning that area they call home.

"At first, we thought they were fireworks. But they were too loud to be fireworks," said Ma De Lourdes Anaya. "There's too much crime around us. We've lived in these apartments since 1990. It's never been this bad before."

"You don't know what to expect," said an anonymous mother. "You don't know if you're going to be alive the next morning."