Shots fired during fight at Sikh temple | POLICE BLOTTER

The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports and police personnel.

The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports and police personnel.

Shots were fired during an argument between two men at the Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sikh temple the afternoon of March 8.

A large fight and shooting was reported at about 2 p.m. at the temple, 5200 Talbot Road S., Renton.

The incident was still being investigated midweek, but it appeared there was a dispute between two men who are known to each other, according to Terri Vickers, a Police Department spokeswoman.

Two shots were fired, no one was injured, and the people involved have been identified, she said. No clear victim or suspect had been established as of mid-week.

The investigation will determine whether the case will be sent to the prosecutor for filing of charges.

SHOTGUN FIRED: A 34-year-old Renton man grabbed a sawed-off shotgun from his backseat, loaded it and walked toward a house Feb. 15 on Shelton Avenue Northeast.

He left, then returned a few minutes later and neighbors heard a loud bang. Officers found a broken living-room window but no one inside.

Officers called a resident, who arrived minutes later with her two children. Her husband had rushed into the house to tell her to get out with the kids.

The wife heard yelling from outside and then one or two gunshots. The suspect screamed that he was going to kill her husband. He also threatened to shoot the man’s wife and two children. He left.

The couple strapped their children into their car seats, but he stayed behind in case the suspect, who was a friend of the couple’s, returned.

The suspect was later found walking on Northeast 24th Street at about noon. He was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of felony assault. He had about $4,850 in cash.

The two men had argued at the home of the suspect, who was upset because his girlfriend had left him.

ANGRY OVER TIRES: A customer at Sam’s Club on Grady Way became angry Feb. 16 when he was told he needed his wife’s membership card to buy tires.

A manager was called in to explain the store’s policies but the 49-year-old Renton man responded he didn’t care about the store’s policies. He needed tires.

He shoved the manager and kicked over a tire display. He threw a tire at the manager, hitting him in the chest, then did the same thing again. He told an officer he was really angry.

He was told the manager wanted to press charges against him. He said he wanted to press charges against the manager for mental anguish.

The officer explained that being rude or providing poor customer service wasn’t a crime but hitting someone with a tire was.

A citation for fourth-degree assault was sent to Renton prosecutors for review.

PEEPING TOM OR BURGLAR?:  A 27-year-old Renton woman ran from her bathroom Feb. 9 after she saw a hand pressed against the window trying to open it while she was taking a shower.

Her husband found the man kneeling below the window, still trying to open it outside their apartment on Northeast Fifth Street. The screen was on the ground next to him.

The suspect lunged at the husband when he asked him what he was doing and punched him in the face. The two men struggled, until the suspect fled.

A K9 unit attempted to track the man. It’s unknown whether the man was trying to peak through the window or break in.

VINTAGE GUNS STOLEN: Two vintage guns were stolen Feb. 14 from a gun shop on Wells Avenue South.

The guns were British and Egyptian long guns from the World War I and II era. The British gun is valued at $425 and the Egyptian one at $300.

The guns were on display on the sales floor.