Police investigate shooting and arson after Yakima house destroyed by fire

  • Source: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
  • Published: 12/07/2020 12:00 AM

A Yakima house is destroyed after police say it was shot at multiple times last night, and evidence of multiple incendiary devices were found inside. According to Yakima Fire, crews found a single story home ablaze at the 700 block of Cornell Avenue at about 9:30 p.m., as police were also arriving to the scene. "Our theory is that incendiary devices were thrown on or at the house," says Stephens. "Our officers recovered evidence of that, and what I understand is the fire department also discovered evidence inside the house of that." Officers say they found about 26 casings from a variety of calibers in the street. Stephens says they know gang members frequent the house that burned, and the people who lived there were not cooperative. Investigators say witnesses saw several people near an alleyway by the house and a dark sedan.



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