Lewis County Sirens.com

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Detectives are looking for a 22-year-old man known as “The Joker” in connection with the shooting of a woman in Napavine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

Javier Jimenez Villalavazo is considered armed and dangerous; anyone who knows his whereabouts is asked to call 911, according to a news release.

The sheriff’s office is assisting the Napavine Police Department in an investigation that led them to the 100 block of Haywire Road this morning.

A 24-year-old woman was shot twice outside an apartment there, they believe about 10 p.m. last night, according to news releases from the sheriff’s office. She has already been released from the hospital.

The incident came to the attention of law enforcement this morning, from the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital.

She was shot twice, the sheriff’s office reports. Her name was not released.

Villalavazo is described as 6 feet tall and weighing about 220 pounds, with a shaved head and brown eyes.

The sheriff’s office says his last known address is in Chehalis, but witnesses report seeing him in Centralia this morning.

The sheriff’s office says probable cause exists for his arrest for first-degree assault.

Further details are not available.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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