Suspect, 41, arrested in Auburn drive-by shooting

King County prosecutors have charged a 41-year-old suspect in a drive-by shooting in Auburn on Sept. 8 that left a man in critical condition.

Prosecutors charged Justo Giovany Salgado-Reyes, 41, of Auburn on Sept. 19 with assault in the first degree and drive-by shooting for the Sept. 8 shooting that struck an apartment complex in the 1200 block of 30th Street Southeast, leaving a 22-year-old man in critical condition.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, Auburn police responded to the apartment complex at approximately 1:53 a.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered an unconscious man with multiple gunshot wounds to his lower torso.

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Following medical attention at the scene, first responders transported the man to Harborview Medical Center.

Multiple witnesses identified a red sedan as the source of the gunfire.

A Flock surveillance camera captured the license plate of the reported sedan with police identifying Salgado-Reyes as the suspect in the shooting through his prior contact history with the department.

Through the execution of a search warrant on Salgado-Reyes’s vehicle, police discovered a spent shell casing in his vehicle matching the casings from the scene of the shooting.

Upon his arrest, Salgado-Reyes stated to police he transported the shooter in his backseat and that the shooter threatened him.

Prosecutors argued for the court to set Salgado-Reyes’s bail at $750,000 at his first appearance hearing, stating he “[sprayed] the apartment and the victim with bullets.”

The King County Superior Court scheduled Salgado-Reyes’s arraignment for Oct. 3 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.