On the evening of October 26, 2025, 26-year-old Yik Thomas Khan was found unresponsive in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the 6000 block of South 233rd Place in Kent, Washington, after multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunfire. Medics pronounced Khan dead at the scene; the King County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide from gunshot wounds to the head and neck.

A loaded 9mm handgun registered to Khan was recovered near his body. About 40 minutes after officers arrived, two 23-year-old individuals showed up at Valley Medical Center in Renton with gunshot wounds, and detectives began probing a possible connection between those shootings and Khan’s death. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

This was the seventh homicide reported in Kent in 2025. If anyone witnessed the shooting, saw activity in that parking lot that evening, or has other information that could help the investigation, please contact the Kent Police tip line.