WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Deputies arrested a 17-year-old teen accused of a drive-by shooting after he crashed into a tree around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived at the 7600 block of Custer School Road and found the 17-year-old’s car and a bullet, but not him.
A few hours later around 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office said a Bellingham police officer found the teenager’s car in an alleyway in the 1800 block of Texas Street. The car took off and tried to lose the officer by traveling to the dead end of North Shore Road, but crashed into a tree.
