An Auburn man is recovering after being ambushed and shot while leaving his church.
It happened Wednesday just before 9 p.m. outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Auburn.
KIRO 7 spoke with Clynn Wilkinson’s family, who say he was locking up for the night when two armed suspects approached him.
“They told my husband to hand over the f-ing keys a couple times and he said he didn’t have them,” said Wilkinson’s wife, Lisa.
Lisa said the suspects had knocked her husband to the ground.
“Pushed him down and they were kicking him and hitting with their guns and then they shot him while he was down,” she said.
Police say both suspects ran away from the scene.
Wilkinson’s family told KIRO 7 that he was shot twice in the torso.
Police say he managed to walk across the street to 7-Eleven where people helped him call 911.
“He’s very determined. I don’t know what the option would’ve been like if he couldn’t. That’s the only way for him to really get some help,” Lisa said.