By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Two young people showed up at a local hospital reporting they’d been in an altercation at a house party south of Chehalis, a gathering where deputies and other law enforcement rushed upon hearing shots were fired and one person had possibly been hit.
It turned out the female who hunched over and fell down after hearing gunfire wasn’t hurt, but had a panic attack, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
It began with a complaint of a loud party on the 300 block of Bolduc Road at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.
While law enforcement was enroute, several people were reporting shots had been fired, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.
Deputies found a large number of people at the residence, most of whom were eventually allowed to leave, although some who were underage had been drinking, Brown said.
Nobody there saw or knew anything about the shooting, other than it occurred outside and they thought the shooters had left, Brown said.
It was a 22-year-old from Centralia and a 19-year-old from Chehalis who went to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Brown. She didn’t indicate any details about their injuries. It is still under investigation, she said.
Cases for five people under 21 are being forwarded to prosecutors for charges of minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol, according to Brown. They are 20, 18, 17 and 14 and from Olympia, Chehalis, Mossyrock and Centralia.
Brown said most of the people at the gathering who were under 21 had not been drinking.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
So let’s be a bunch of douche bags and ruin some kids lives over them simply being kids????? Kids are going to drink at some point, they have to start growing up sometimes. Sad part is everyone under the age of 18 who was charged will have their drivers license suspended until they are 21. I just don’t think this is appropriate. Give them all rides home and be done with it. Such fools
And of course these brain donors were more likely than not prepared to drive home from this party. Thank goodness they never got behind the wheel or this party could have been the precursor to a major tragedy.