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It should be pointed out the Outlook is technically classified as a village, with about 500 people. It's about three miles from where I live.
There were a few more non-injury drivebys in the area that I'm aware of, but there seemed to be not enough room for those.
http://www.dailysunnews.com/DSNNews1.shtml
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/07/21/search-for-evidence-at-deputy-shooting-site-ends
(not the same article as above)
Yakima Valley reels from violent weekend
Yakima Valley reels from violent weekend Mark Morey
Yakima Herald-Republic
Posted July 21, 2009 YAKIMA — A bludgeoning homicide, four injury shootings and an officer-involved shooting kept police busy during an unusually active weekend in Yakima County.
A Moxee police officer, fearing for his life, shot at an eluding suspect early Sunday as the man drove his pickup toward the officer off Rest Haven Road outside Selah, authorities said.
And a Yakima County sheriff's deputy was wounded while responding to a report of shots fired in Outlook. A spokeswoman for the Sunnyside Police Department, which is investigating, says the deputy was hit in the lower back just before midnight Monday and was treated at a hospital and released.
Meanwhile, the bludgeoning death of 42-year-old Daniel Simmons of Harrah brought to 14 the number of homicides reported in Yakima County this year. Simmons, a member of the Quinault tribe on the Olympia Peninsula, was the second Native American killed this year on the Yakama reservation.
Simmons was beaten to death with baseball bats in an apparent feud with neighbors. Three men have been arrested in the fatal assault. The sheriff's office says the men had a running feud with the victim.
At least two of the four shootings reported from Yakima to Outlook were thought to involve gang rivals, police said. Victims were critically wounded in two of the cases.
The most serious incident, the Simmons homicide, was reported about 8 p.m. Sunday near his house in the 5500 block of South Harrah Road.
Sheriff's detectives said a running feud between neighbors ended with Simmons fatally bludgeoned to death.
About three hours later, a shooting believed to be gang-related injured two men in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store in the 800 block of East Yakima Avenue.
A 27-year-old Yakima man, described by police as a gang associate, suffered a gunshot wound to his back. He was being treated at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition Monday night.
A 30-year-old Yakima man was shot in the back and lower left leg. The man, described by police as an admitted gang member, was treated at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center.
Also on Sunday evening, a shooting in Outlook left a 36-year-old Sunnyside man with a noncritical gunshot wound to the top of the head.
Sheriff's officials said he was apparently shot accidentally when someone in a passing Chevrolet Blazer opened fire on the house next door, where a gathering that included children was taking place. The intended target of the shooting apparently left before deputies arrived, according to a news release.
In Toppenish, one person was hit by gunfire shortly after midnight Saturday.
Officers discovered the victim after responding to a report of shots being fired around 12:10 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Guyette Lane.
Witnesses told police they saw a group of 10 to 15 people in the area before the shooting, but officers said they were unable to locate any other victims.
Meanwhile, the victim of a Yakima shooting early Saturday remained in critical condition at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. And the 24-year-old man who allegedly shot him was being held in the county jail on $250,000 bail.
It should be pointed out the Outlook is technically classified as a village, with about 500 people. It's about three miles from where I live.
There were a few more non-injury drivebys in the area that I'm aware of, but there seemed to be not enough room for those.
http://www.dailysunnews.com/DSNNews1.shtml
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/07/21/search-for-evidence-at-deputy-shooting-site-ends
(not the same article as above)
Yakima Valley reels from violent weekend
Yakima Valley reels from violent weekend Mark Morey
Yakima Herald-Republic
Posted July 21, 2009 YAKIMA — A bludgeoning homicide, four injury shootings and an officer-involved shooting kept police busy during an unusually active weekend in Yakima County.
A Moxee police officer, fearing for his life, shot at an eluding suspect early Sunday as the man drove his pickup toward the officer off Rest Haven Road outside Selah, authorities said.
And a Yakima County sheriff's deputy was wounded while responding to a report of shots fired in Outlook. A spokeswoman for the Sunnyside Police Department, which is investigating, says the deputy was hit in the lower back just before midnight Monday and was treated at a hospital and released.
Meanwhile, the bludgeoning death of 42-year-old Daniel Simmons of Harrah brought to 14 the number of homicides reported in Yakima County this year. Simmons, a member of the Quinault tribe on the Olympia Peninsula, was the second Native American killed this year on the Yakama reservation.
Simmons was beaten to death with baseball bats in an apparent feud with neighbors. Three men have been arrested in the fatal assault. The sheriff's office says the men had a running feud with the victim.
At least two of the four shootings reported from Yakima to Outlook were thought to involve gang rivals, police said. Victims were critically wounded in two of the cases.
The most serious incident, the Simmons homicide, was reported about 8 p.m. Sunday near his house in the 5500 block of South Harrah Road.
Sheriff's detectives said a running feud between neighbors ended with Simmons fatally bludgeoned to death.
About three hours later, a shooting believed to be gang-related injured two men in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store in the 800 block of East Yakima Avenue.
A 27-year-old Yakima man, described by police as a gang associate, suffered a gunshot wound to his back. He was being treated at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition Monday night.
A 30-year-old Yakima man was shot in the back and lower left leg. The man, described by police as an admitted gang member, was treated at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center.
Also on Sunday evening, a shooting in Outlook left a 36-year-old Sunnyside man with a noncritical gunshot wound to the top of the head.
Sheriff's officials said he was apparently shot accidentally when someone in a passing Chevrolet Blazer opened fire on the house next door, where a gathering that included children was taking place. The intended target of the shooting apparently left before deputies arrived, according to a news release.
In Toppenish, one person was hit by gunfire shortly after midnight Saturday.
Officers discovered the victim after responding to a report of shots being fired around 12:10 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Guyette Lane.
Witnesses told police they saw a group of 10 to 15 people in the area before the shooting, but officers said they were unable to locate any other victims.
Meanwhile, the victim of a Yakima shooting early Saturday remained in critical condition at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. And the 24-year-old man who allegedly shot him was being held in the county jail on $250,000 bail.
