Motorist shot in Bridle Trails Sunday

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Published November 21 2022

Bellevue Police detectives are investigating a shooting early Sunday in Bridle Trails that left a 30-year-old local man dead. Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots and then a crash around 4 a.m. Sunday. Police found the victim in a car that had crashed.

As of Monday, police had no suspects and were searching for other potential witnesses. Detectives spent 14 hours processing the scene and canvassing the area. They learned the victim was a local man with an unknown address, who had recently moved multiple times. Investigators searched the car the victim was driving and gathered significant evidence, which they were still processing.

Anyone who heard or saw anything on the 14400 block of Northeast 35th Street around the time of the shooting, please contact detectives at bpdtips@bellevuewa.gov.

Police at Bridle Trails location where a motorist was shot early Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. — Police review crime scene where a motorist was shot in Bridle Trails, on the 14400 block of Northeast 35th Street.