Two in custody after reports of drive-by shooting at west Olympia apartment complex

Olympia police took a man and a woman into custody Monday at the Evergreen Vista apartments on Fern Street Southwest after reports of a drive-by shooting at the Courtside Apartments off Capital Mall Drive Southwest.

No one was injured in either the shooting or the short standoff at Evergreen Vista before the two were taken into custody.

However, Capital Medical Center, the west side location of Olympia Orthopaedic Associates, and Evergreen Christian Community on Black Lake Boulevard Southwest were on lockdown much of Monday morning as police investigated and pursued the shooting suspects at Evergreen Vista, near Evergreen Christian.

At about 9:30 a.m., police responded to a report at the Courtside Apartments that a car had pulled up to one of the complex’s buildings and someone had fired shots into the building from inside the vehicle before driving off.

A while later, police spotted a car matching the description of the suspects’ vehicle at Evergreen Vista. They tried to make contact with the suspects inside one of the apartments, and evacuated some residents in nearby apartments.

A woman emerged from the apartment about noon, but the man refused to come out until 12:30 p.m.

Police believe a fight at the Courtside Apartments Sunday night may be related to the Monday morning shooting.

Capital Medical was locked down for about 30 minutes and patient care was not compromised, hospital spokesman Tim Farley said.

After hearing about the nearby incident from Capital Medical Center at 10:20 a.m. Monday, the Olympia Orthopaedic Associates’ leadership team and staff were notified and the building was locked down, Chief Executive Ben Shah said.

Patients also were informed, and for their safety, were told to remain in place, he said. Signs also were posted about why the building was closed. Shah said he thinks the lockdown was the medical facility’s first.

The lockdown was lifted about an hour later, he said.

Thurston County Sheriff’s deputies assisted Olympia police on the case.

This story was originally published October 22, 2018 at 11:16 AM.