Body found in Ravenna Park; suspect arrested

A Seattle man was arrested Friday in connection with the shooting death of a man whose body was found in Ravenna.

The body of a man in his late 40s or early 50s was found near the Ravenna Park footbridge at 6:35 a.m. Friday, said police spokesman Sean Whitcomb. The man apparently had been shot in the head, Whitcomb said.

He said investigators believed the shooting occurred overnight. The King County Medical Examiner's Office did not release the slain man's identity.

The person who found the body, near the park trail, called police via cellphone. The footbridge is near 20th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 55th Street.

Monroe

Man found dead in river drowned

A 19-year-old man whose body was found Tuesday in the Skykomish River drowned, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office announced.

Kayakers found Miguel C. Carrillo about one mile east of Highway 522, in the Monroe area.

Family members reported him missing April 15. Investigators have not determined how long his body had been in the water, but there was no sign of foul play, said Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover.

Seattle

This year's Seattle School Board elections are the subject of a community forum at Town Hall on Wednesday.

Sponsored by Washington Appleseed and Community and Parents for Public Schools of Seattle, the meeting aims to educate the public about the responsibilities of the School Board, current issues facing the district and the upcoming elections. Four seats on the School Board will be up for a vote this fall.

The forum will begin at 7 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave. Information: www.waappleseed.org or www.cppsofseattle.org.

To learn more about who has declared their candidacy for School Board, see www.seattletimes.com/education.

Seattle

The Montlake Bridge will close Sunday morning for the Nordstrom Beat the Bridge run.

The bridge will be closed beginning at 7:30 a.m., with all lanes reopening by 10 a.m. Ramps from Highway 520 to Montlake Boulevard will be closed from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. The bridge will be closed to marine traffic between 7 and 11 a.m.

Fort Lewis

A Fort Lewis-based soldier has died in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Friday.

Pfc. Aaron D. Gautier, 19, of Hampton, Va., died Thursday in Baghdad after his patrol was attacked by insurgents using a bomb and small arms, a news release said.

Gautier was assigned to the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, the release said.

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