Police investigate homicide after man shot, killed in Kent

KENT, Wash. - A person was shot and killed overnight in Kent, investigators said. 

Officers responded to a report of a shooting after midnight Wednesday near Southeast 275th Street and 129th Avenue Southeast. 

When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive, 32-year-old Lynnwood man with a gunshot wound in his chest on the ground. 

Officers immediately started life-saving efforts on the man until medics arrived. 

The man died at the scene, detectives said.              

According to police, they do not believe that this was a random incident and are investigating this as a homicide. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the Kent Police Department's tip line at 253-856-5808.