Drive-By Shooting Suspect DeShawn Anderson Taken into Custody in Kennewick This Morning

Authorities made the arrest  of wanted-man DeShawn Anderson around 10 a.m. Thursday.

According to multiple sources, including information obtained by Newstalk 870,   suspect Deshawn Anderson was taken into custody at the Peppertree Apartments,  located less than 100 feet South of Kamiakin High School on North Arthur Street.

Shortly after 9am, a heavy police presence was seen assembling at the Edith Bishell Blind Center parking lot on North Arthur. Regional SWAT arrived, and KaHS was put on lockdown. The lockdown has been lifted.

Few details are known, but multiple sources are reporting Anderson was arrested. He was considered a person of interest and a suspect in several drive by shootings from November.

The shootings were believed to be gang related. More information coming shortly.

The following statement was released by Kennewick Police around 11 a.m. Thursday:

Overnight, investigators from Tri-City Law Enforcement and the US Marshals were developing leads on the location of Deshaun Anderson. Anderson is a suspect in at least 1 of the recent Pasco Shootings and had 8 outstanding warrants. He was considered armed and dangerous and threat to the community. All of the Tri-City Law Enforcement agencies have dedicated resources and time to locate this man. Early this morning that hard work and relentless police work paid off. It was learned that Anderson was hiding in an apartment at 507 N Arthur (Peppertree Village Apartments). Because of the close proximity to Kamiakin HS, the school was placed in a lock down status at around 8:00 am. The Tri-City Regional SWAT team was activated and responded to the scene. As the SWAT team members were surrounding the apartment, Anderson walked out on the second story balcony and gave himself to the SWAT team without incident. The show of force with SWAT armored vehicles and SWAT team members surrounding the apartment, was enough to get Anderson to give up without incident. That is the ideal resolution when the SWAT team is deployed.
Kamiakin HS was taken out of lock down status at 9:30 am."