Shooting breaks out after Richland concert (w/video)
Shootout
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Published Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Herald staff
An after-hours party in Kennewick involving rappers or hip-hop artists early Saturday ended in gunfire, injuring a Las Vegas man and landing nine Seattle men in jail.
Kennewick police said the party moved to the Hilton Gardens Inn in west Kennewick from Club Paradise in Richland. All the jailed men told police they were rappers or hip hop artists in town to attend or perform in a concert at the club, which was headlined by Young Buck and the rap group G-Unit.
Police could not say whether Young Buck or members from G-Unit were involved in the shooting. The group was expected to perform in Yakima tonight.
Police were called to the hotel at 2:54 a.m. after fielding a 911 hang-up call. While officers were on the phone, they heard gunshots in the background. Police immediately went to the hotel.
There, they found Robert Osound, 30, of Las Vegas, who was shot once in the left leg with the bullet passing through and going into his right leg. He was taken to Lourdes Medical Center were he was treated and expected to be released later today or Sunday.
Officers also saw a limousine and sports utility vehicle leaving the parking lot. The two cars were quickly identified by witnesses as being the shooters' vehicles.
Richland police stopped the two vehicles at the interchange of Highway 240 and Interstate 182. Kennewick police Sgt. Scott Child said 11 people were detained. He said Richland police reportedly saw guns being thrown from the vehicles.
Several weapons have been seized by police. Child said at least two guns were used.
Child said police have recovered six bullet casings from the hotel crime scene and located each of the bullets. Two others went into vehicles at the hotel. Two bullets hit the side of the hotel, and one of the bullets went through a window of the hotel's workout room and then passed through two walls before stopping.
He said detectives are continuing the investigation. Making the investigation challenging, he said, is the number of people involved and their unwillingness to cooperate with detectives. Most are out-of-town residents who may have left the area, he said.
At one point, 28 people were detained by police. Also, the Richland and Pasco police departments, the Benton County Sheriff's Office, and the Washington State Patrol all helped in the investigation.
Police also could not say what caused the fight.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Published Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Herald staff
An after-hours party in Kennewick involving rappers or hip-hop artists early Saturday ended in gunfire, injuring a Las Vegas man and landing nine Seattle men in jail.
Kennewick police said the party moved to the Hilton Gardens Inn in west Kennewick from Club Paradise in Richland. All the jailed men told police they were rappers or hip hop artists in town to attend or perform in a concert at the club, which was headlined by Young Buck and the rap group G-Unit.
Police could not say whether Young Buck or members from G-Unit were involved in the shooting. The group was expected to perform in Yakima tonight.
Police were called to the hotel at 2:54 a.m. after fielding a 911 hang-up call. While officers were on the phone, they heard gunshots in the background. Police immediately went to the hotel.
There, they found Robert Osound, 30, of Las Vegas, who was shot once in the left leg with the bullet passing through and going into his right leg. He was taken to Lourdes Medical Center were he was treated and expected to be released later today or Sunday.
Officers also saw a limousine and sports utility vehicle leaving the parking lot. The two cars were quickly identified by witnesses as being the shooters' vehicles.
Richland police stopped the two vehicles at the interchange of Highway 240 and Interstate 182. Kennewick police Sgt. Scott Child said 11 people were detained. He said Richland police reportedly saw guns being thrown from the vehicles.
Several weapons have been seized by police. Child said at least two guns were used.
Child said police have recovered six bullet casings from the hotel crime scene and located each of the bullets. Two others went into vehicles at the hotel. Two bullets hit the side of the hotel, and one of the bullets went through a window of the hotel's workout room and then passed through two walls before stopping.
He said detectives are continuing the investigation. Making the investigation challenging, he said, is the number of people involved and their unwillingness to cooperate with detectives. Most are out-of-town residents who may have left the area, he said.
At one point, 28 people were detained by police. Also, the Richland and Pasco police departments, the Benton County Sheriff's Office, and the Washington State Patrol all helped in the investigation.
Police also could not say what caused the fight.
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