About 4:20 p.m. Jan. 31, Officer Christopher Caron was flagged own by a vehicle next to him near Rainier Avenue South and South Cloverdale Place. The occupants pointed out two people walking south past the car wash in the 8800 block of Rainier Avenue South, saying they had just been involved in a shooting.

One of the men, who was the shooting victim, had a bleeding gash above his left eye. But he told police he didn’t know who shot him or where it happened, according to an incident report. The other man didn’t either.

“While asking (the victim) more about what happened, he became upset about being stopped by the police,” Caron wrote in his report. “He asked why we weren’t looking for the person that shot him.”

The officer explained other units were en route to assist, and the victim eventually said he was shot behind the New Star Mini-Mart in the 8600 block of Rainier Avenue South, but said he didn’t know who shot him.

“(The victim) began to walk away, saying that he didn’t want any help,” Caron wrote. “He was covered with blood, so I resisted restraining him. After SFD arrived, we were able to get him to remain at the scene.”

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