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The (WSP) is investigating a shooting that occurred late Wednesday morning o on Interstate 5 (I-5) south that closed all of the lanes for drivers.

According to a statement sent from WSP Trooper and Public Information Officer Kelsey Harding to ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio Wednesday, the incident happened just north of the 41st Street off-ramp. Harding previously told ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio in an email Wednesday detectives were gathering information and a statement on what happened would be sent out once that information was made available.

WSP described the suspect vehicle is a red Chevrolet Camaro around the 2010 model year with a tinted rear license plate cover. The driver was described as a male with facial hair. In addition, there was a passenger in the Camaro at the time of the shooting.

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The state law enforcement agency has described the victim vehicle is a tan 2004 Lexus SUV that was hit with multiple bullets to the rear passenger tire. There were no injuries sustained during this incident.

All lanes on I-5 south in Everett at Marine View Drive were closed after the shooting closed them down Wednesday, the (WSDOT) . As of 1 p.m., drivers saw delays on that freeway that backed traffic up several miles.

✅CLEAR: All lanes have now fully reopened on SB I-5 at Marine View Drive in Everett. Backups are still around 3 miles.

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic)

The Incident Response team and WSP were on the scene.

The X account , which describes itself as “the Snohomish County Scanner Report,” captured between 12:20 and 12:25 p.m. Wednesday from WSDOT cameras showing a group of people walking on I-5 during the time of the closure. It is not known who was walking on the freeway at that time.

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