A 48-year-old man shot and killed his father in Kent Tuesday night before taking his own life, the Kent Police Department confirmed.
Just before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Kent patrol officers were dispatched to a residence at the 27100 block of 31st Avenue S.after receiving reports of a shooting in that area. When they arrived at the scene, they found two men “with gunshot wounds obviously deceased.”
“Initial information from a witness is that the suspect, a 48-year-old male, shot his 70-year-old father before taking his own life,” the Kent Police Department stated. “Both son and father are believed to live at the residence where the shooting occurred.”…