A man was fatally shot Sunday night, Nov. 23 in Kent at the James Street Park and Ride lot, 900 W. James St., just west of the accesso ShoWare Center and east of Highway 167 .

Officers were dispatched about about 8:46 p.m. to the parking lot after reports of sounds of a firearm being discharged, according to a Monday, Nov. 24 Kent Police news release, which described the death as a homicide. The initial caller said they heard several gunshots followed by a few more, and then the sound of a vehicle leaving quickly.

Officers arrived on scene and found the victim, a yet to be fully identified adult male with several wounds, and immediately began lifesaving measures, according to police. Puget Sound Fire arrived and took over emergent medical care but the man died at the scene.

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