5th avenue safeway

Yakima Police officers responded to the Safeway store on N. 5th Ave at about 7:30 last night after a report of shots fired. After arriving 2 18 year old victims were found shot in front of the store in the parking lot. Both men had been shot in the abdomen and torso area, and one of the male victims had also been shot in the lower leg...

37-year-old Anastaco Lepe, the suspect in last week's Safeway parking lot shooting, was released from jail last night. The Yakima County Prosecutors Office decided not to charge Lepe at this time. Lepe's lawyer told our news partner KIMA Action News that his client acted in self-defense in a dispute over Lepe's cell phone, and at this time police and prosecutors believe Lepe's story... Read