MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Three people were arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting on March 29 in Moses Lake.
At approximately 2:30 a.m., Moses Lake Police Department (MLPD) responded to reports of shots fired near the intersection of Olympic Drive NE and Longview Street NE.
According to the Moses Lake Police Department, officers found multiple shell casings in the street, along with bullet holes in several vehicles and an occupied home.
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Five people were asleep inside the residence at the time of the shooting, including a 19-year-old and a one-year-old child, who narrowly escaped injury as a bullet passed within three feet of them.
MLPD said they quickly identified a suspect vehicle parked near the intersection of Knolls Vista Drive and West Ridge Road.
Detectives obtained a search warrant for both the residence and the vehicle.
MLPD said detectives recovered 12 firearms and evidence of cocaine sales, with some firearms matched the caliber used in the drive-by shooting, and one was confirmed to have been stolen from North Bend, Wash.
A 14-year-old male and a 17-year-old male, both from Moses Lake, were booked on charges of assault and drive-by shooting, along with 18-year-old Mario Pichardo, who was also arrested and booked on charges of first-degree assault and drive-by shooting.
Detectives believe the shooting may have been an act of retaliation for a previous homicide on Loop Drive on March 21, 2025.
The investigation is ongoing.
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