LAKEWOOD — A soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord has surrendered in connection with a shooting that left one man critically injured Thursday, police said.
Lakewood police took 22-year-old Jesse Suhanec into custody Thursday evening without incident after he reportedly knocked on the door to a house in the Tillicum area of Lakewood and told the residents he was wanted by police.
The residents let him inside their house and called 911. Suhanec told them he had been hiding and was cooperative with police, according to Lt. Chris Lawler. A weapon was also recovered.
Police say the shooting occurred just after 10 a.m. Thursday in the area of Grant Avenue Southwest near the base. Police then got a call about a man collapsed in his vehicle with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a restaurant a few blocks away. The victim is reportedly in critical condition but is expected to survive.