Kent Police Department says 1 man dead, 2 others assaulted

SEATTLE — A man has died and two other people were injured in a shooting in Kent, Washington, police said.

The Kent Police Department responded to a report Tuesday that people living in a home 20 miles south of Seattle were being assaulted by armed suspects, The Seattle Times reported.

Dispatchers were told there was gunfire and suspects had fled before officers arrived, police said.

One man was fatally shot and two other adults suffered injuries from being physically assaulted in the home, authorities said. Information about those injuries was not immediately available.

One of the adults was treated at the scene and the other was taken to Harborview Medical Center, authorities said.

Police believe the people involved knew each other. An investigation is ongoing.