Security guard discovers 1 dead and 2 others shot at Kent strip mall

Tacoma — Kent police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and two others injured.

A security guard on patrol discovered two of the victims — one dead — on the ground at a strip mall in the 18100 block of East Valley Highway.

The injured man was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life threatening injuries, Kent police said.

At about the same time, a third man with a gunshot wound arrived at Valley Medical Center via private vehicle. He also was transported to Harborview with life threatening injuries, police said.

Initially, police were dispatched to the report of a gunshot about 3:20 a.m. heard east of the 18000 block of East Valley Highway. However, officers did not locate anything.

About 20 minutes later the guard made his discovery.

Kent Police detectives are speaking with witnesses and collecting evidence, they said.