Shooting near Old McKenna Road
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13 near the 10500 block of Old McKenna Road Southeast.
According to the Olympian, the victim appeared to have been shot in the stomach and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Brooks said.
Brooks told the Olympian that the victim did not cooperate with investigators, although they believe the shooting was related to an ongoing dispute.
People with information about the shooting are asked to contact detectives by emailing detectives@co.thurston.wa.us.
Bet led to bomb threat at Rainier’s Dollar General
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies were dispatched in the morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 9 to Rainier’s Dollar General after reports of a bomb threat came in through a phone call.
According to TCSO, a 13-year-old from the East Coast lost a bet and called the store to make the bomb threat.
The sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook that the 13-year-old thought if he called from across the country, local police agencies wouldn’t be able to figure out who called.
“The child and his parents were shocked when the local law enforcement contacted them,” according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Facebook page. “The child’s family was very cooperative with law enforcement on the East Coast and our detectives.”
Prior to these discoveries, nothing related to a bomb was located within the business as officers conducted a search inside and around the business.
