Sunday’s Shooting Marks 11th Homicide In City

Yakima Police say a 51-year-old Yakima man is dead after a shooting Sunday morning near the former Greyhound Bus Depot building on East Yakima Avenue. Spokesman Mike Bastinelli says the victim has been identified as John Barrett. He says officers were called to the area at about 10:50 a.m. where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a Yakima hospital where he died.

Bastinelli says a witness followed the suspect to a nearby apartment building in the 100 block of south 6th Street where officers found and arrested the 22-year-old suspect.

The shooting is the 11th homicide so far this year in the city and the third in the last week.

The first was reported Wednesday when a 21-year-old man was shot. He remains in critical condition at a Seattle hospital. Then on Friday another shooting. A 19-year-old man was shot near the intersection  of Pacific and Sixth streets. That teen is expected to survive. He's recovering at a Yakima hospital. Sunday's fatal shooting remains under investigation.