BREMERTON — A Bremerton man was arrested Oct. 31 in connection with an investigation of a shooting in Central Kitsap.
Zechariah Scott Chadwick, 28, was arrested Saturday evening in the parking lot of Walmart, in Poulsbo.
Chadwick was wanted following a shooting that occurred on the morning of Oct. 20, on NW Hood Canal Farms Road, west of Silverdale. Chadwick allegedly fired multiple rounds from a large caliber, semi-automatic rifle at a 1992 Chevrolet S-10 pick-up truck, injuring a 27-year-old Silverdale man sitting in the car. The gunshot wound was not fatal. The truck’s driver, also a victim, was not injured.
Chadwick was on the run for 13 days, during which sheriff’s detectives received tips and leads concerning the suspect’s actions and possible locations.
Acting on criminal intelligence information concerning Chadwick’s whereabouts, sheriff’s patrol deputies, with assistance from Poulsbo police officers, approached a parked Volkswagen station wagon in the Walmart parking lot on foot and located Chadwick in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. The suspect complied with verbal commands issued by the deputies. He was taken into custody without incident.
Once in custody, Chadwick was transported to the Kitsap County Jail, where he was booked on an outstanding warrant of arrest for assault with a deadly weapon in the first degree. bail was set at $250,000.
Chadwick will make an initial court appearance on the warrant charge 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Kitsap County Superior Court.
— Edited by Michelle Beahm