YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima police declined to arrest a 37-year-old man accused of shooting another man in a Walmart parking lot Thursday after he told investigators he was defending himself and his family during an attempted robbery.
“At this point, we’re leaning towards this being a self-defense type of incident,” Sgt. Jake Lancaster said.
Lancaster said the 37-year-old was eating lunch in his car with his girlfriend and her 16-year-old child in the Walmart parking lot at 1600 E. Chestnut Ave. before going grocery shopping. At just after 4 p.m., someone reportedly got out of a car parked behind them, opened the family’s car door and pointed a firearm at them.
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Dang. AMR just happened to be there. Too bad.
We didn't call it the Yakimia knife and gun club for nothing, you know..
(A former resident of the Mattawa area who used to be volunteer EMS that regularly made runs to Yakima...)
Steve
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