Man fatally shot during dispute in Renton home : home owner shoots robber

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This initally came across my local news site as Home owner shoots robber.


The link to this still says:

Homeowner fatally shoots would-be robber, wounds another Police say a homeowner in Renton shot at several men who broke into his home in an apparent robbery attempt Thursday afternoon, killing one of them. The other intruders sped off in a car and remain at large, but one of those men is believed to have been shot multiple times. "

here
http://www.komotv.com/
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Now the story link goes to:

Story Published: Mar 8, 2007 at 1:58 PM PST

Story Updated: Mar 8, 2007 at 2:36 PM PST
By KOMO StaffRETNON, Wash. - Police say a man in Renton shot another man during an argument Thursday afternoon.

Initial reports from police that the incident was connected to a robbery were erroneous.

Investigators say two men and a woman were inside the home about 1:15 p.m. when one of the men shot the other, killing him.

Police have cordoned off streets around the home in the 3500 block of Northeast 6th Place while they collect evidence and interview witnesses.

No information about the identity of the victim was immediately available.

http://www.komotv.com/news/6384202.html

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With the home owner shoots robber on the main page still going to the link.

[regnaD kciN]

1. While the two rival stations in town...

...seem to be trying to say as little as possible about the details of the incident:

Deadly shooting in Renton

02:35 PM PST on Thursday, March 8, 2007

KING Staff

Renton, Wash. - One man is dead and two people are in custody after a shooting Thursday afternoon.

It happened around 1:15pm inside a residence at 3519 Northeast 6th Place, in an area known as the Renton Highlands.

Police at the scene say they believe the victim and the shooter knew each other, but they do not have a motive.

Streets around the scene were blocked off for the investigation.

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_030807WAB_renton_fatal_shootingTP.305af733.html

One Person Killed In Renton Shooting

POSTED: 1:48 pm PST March 8, 2007
UPDATED: 3:08 pm PST March 8, 2007

RENTON, Wash. -- Police are responding to a report of a shooting in the Renton Highlands, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

Police said the shooting happened in the 3500 block of Northeast Sixth Place just after 1 p.m.

According to police, one man is dead.

A man believed to be the shooter and a woman who called 911 have been taken into police custody for questioning.

Video from Chopper 7 showed patrol cars and crime scene tape outside a home.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/11204930/detail.html

[maxsolomon]

2. who smells drugs?

the odor of pot, meth, or crack is wafting through these reports.

as usual.