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Some of it was in response to some recent gang activity, the rest was to "send a message," say police.

A 17-year-old suspect is in custody related to the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Andrea Nunez early Sunday morning, and now authorities are searching for another. Kennewick police now say the 4am shooting was gang related. After the incident, the investigation pointed towards the juvenile suspect, and a car he was traveling in was tracked to Hermiston...

Security cameras captured these graffiti vandals in Kennewick near Clearwater and Highway 395. Police say based upon evidence and other factors, these suspects are believed wanted for multiple incidents. To some, graffiti vandals are 'artists,' but police say it actually costs citizens and the city thousands of dollars annually cleaning up the messes they make to city property, businesses and home

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You see the graffiti everywhere now. I know its been a long winter, but where are the crews tasked to cover up the graffiti that keeps popping up everywhere? The longer it goes unchecked, the more emboldened and brazen it's becoming. In Richland, both sides of the retaining walls at the bottom of Leslie Road where it connects to Columbia Park Trail...

According to recent crime data, the Tri-Cities role as a 'distribution' hub for drugs to rest of Pacific Northwest is getting more worrisome.

Amid reports from police officials that gang activity has spiked in recent months in Walla Walla, the city council is considering a bump that would raise an additional $40,000-plus to help fight crime.

As more details about the backround of the hit-and-run suspect in last Thursday's fatal crash are coming out, it's not surprise the driver fled police.

Starting Tuesday of this last week,  law enforcement officers from Kennewick, Richland, Pasco, Benton and Franklin County conducted a widespread gang sweep, which proved to be very successful.

Authorities now say one of three victims from a Wednesday night shooting in Pasco has died. Authorities seeking suspect pictured, 18-year-old DeShawn Anderson.