Teen with gunshot wound flees hospital | Police blotter

A 15-year-old boy ran from the emergency room at Valley Medical Center May 19, saying he had been shot.

The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department incident reports:

A 15-year-old boy ran from the emergency room at Valley Medical Center May 19, saying he had been shot.

An officer was called to the emergency room to investigate a teen who appeared to have a stab wound.

The teen was vague in explaining where he had been wounded, using such descriptions as “over there” or “right here.” But he insisted he had been cut; the officer thought it appeared to be a gunshot.

The officer left the room to talk with a nurse. The boy, fully dressed, ran from the room and the officer ordered him to stop. But he fled, yelling “No. I just got shot and you guys aren’t doing anything about it.”

The nurse gave chase, but he was out of sight when she got to the lobby. The officer couldn’t find him in the immediate area.

DOGGONE MESS: The owner of Chico the chihuahua wasn’t home on Northeast 22nd Street when an officer stopped by to investigate a complaint the dog was using the neighbor’s yard to do his business.

Instead, the owner’s mother was cited for a leash-law violation after a records check showed the dog wasn’t licensed.

ONLINE CONCERNS: A Renton man contacted police in May after he became concerned about the content of an email exchange he was having with another man.

The man told an officer he was “fishing for men” on Craigslist. He contacted police when from the conversation he thought the other man was abusing his stepdaughters.

The investigations unit is following up on the content of the emails.