A trooper was shot in the leg after attempting to make a traffic stop in Kent Friday night.
Washington State Patrol says a vehicle fled from a traffic stop near the Driftwood Apartments around 11 p.m., and the suspect fired at a trooper as they were running away.
The trooper was taken to Harborview with non-life-threatening injuries.Kent Police say two people have been arrested in connection to the shooting.WSP originally used aircraft and K-9s to try and locate the suspect.This shooting comes just hours after a fatal shooting on a Metro bus in Kent.
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