SILVERDALE – Detectives from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting in the rural Central Kitsap Area that has left one victim with non life threatening injuries.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a gunshot injury in which the victim was being transported by private vehicle to Harrison Hospital for treatment of non life threatening injuries.

Deputies were able to determine that the shooting occurred at the dead end off of NW Hood Canal Farms Road of Willamette-Meridian Road in central Kitsap County.

The suspect in the shooting has been identified as Zechariah S. Chadwick, 28, of Bremerton. Chadwick is 6 feet tall, 185 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Chadwick is believed to be driving a dark gray 1990 Ford Mustang two-door coupe bearing Washington license AND-4827. This vehicle has been reported as a stolen vehicle.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about this investigation is encouraged to call 911 or if calling from outside of Kitsap County 360-308-5400.