Lewis County Sirens.com

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Chehalis police are investigating a drive-by shooting that occurred over the weekend on William Avenue.

Nobody was hit but one bullet struck an unoccupied vehicle parked in front of a residence on the 400 or 500 block of William Avenue, detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said this morning. It happened just after midnight, early Saturday morning, he said.

An unknown number of individuals were in a red SUV that made several trips past the home before the passenger leaned out and fired from a handgun, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

There were several people outside the residence, McNamara said, but officers aren’t getting a lot of information from them.

“Not everybody’s talking because of fear of gang retaliation,” McNamara said.

Police suspect the individuals in the SUV are associated with the LVL gang, he said.

Chehalis police report they don’t believe the victims were chosen randomly and the motive is still under investigation.

Neither the SUV nor the shooter had been found as of this morning, according to McNamara.

A 24-year-old Tenino woman was arrested in Thurston County about an hour after the incident, according to police.

McNamara said police believed Christina Palomares, formerly Alaniz, of Tenino, was in the SUV. She was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Saturday for first-degree assault, he said.

However, just before 10 o’clock this morning, Chehalis police reported that further investigation clouded previous information she was involved and they will not press for charges against Palomares at this time.

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This news story was updated at 10:30 a.m. on Monday Aug. 9, 2010

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