One person is dead and several others were hospitalized after a shooting in the early hours of Saturday, October 31, 2026, at a business near the intersection of North 4th Avenue and West Court Street in Pasco, Washington, according to the Pasco Police Department. Officers responded at approximately 1:20 a.m. to reports of shots fired, found multiple victims when they arrived, and pronounced one person dead at the scene, police said. A second published account of the police information described the business as hosting a Halloween party that night.
Several people were transported to a local hospital for treatment, police said. The Pasco Fire Department provided emergency medical care and transported patients to the hospital. Police launched a homicide investigation and said investigators were expected to remain at the scene for several hours processing evidence. Authorities had not released the identity of the person killed, the exact number of people injured, their conditions, or any details about what led up to the shooting in the initial reports.
Source: Tri-City Herald / Action News via TriYakNews, reporting the Pasco Police Department
An isolated incident, police say — and a closed street
In an update, Pasco Police said the incident appears to be isolated and there is no ongoing threat to the community. That assessment, from the investigating department itself, is the official position as of Saturday: a homicide investigation is under way, but police were not warning residents of a continuing danger connected to the shooting. North 4th Avenue, between West Court Street and West Ruby Street, was closed while the investigation continued, and drivers were asked to avoid the area — the one direct, practical effect on the wider city on Saturday morning.
Six neighbouring agencies answered the call
The scale of the response underlines how serious the first hour was. Pasco Police thanked several regional law enforcement agencies for responding to assist, including the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, the Benton County Sheriff's Office, the Kennewick Police Department, the West Richland Police Department, the Richland Police Department and the Prosser Police Department. Pasco is the Franklin County seat in Washington's Tri-Cities area, and a multi-victim shooting at a business in the middle of the night drew help from across the river and across county lines, alongside Pasco Fire's medics.
Source: Pasco Police Department, via Tri-City Herald / Action News reporting
A second published account, repeating information attributed to the Pasco Police Department, placed the shooting at a business that was hosting a Halloween party near North Fourth Avenue, and likewise reported that one person was pronounced dead at the scene, several others were taken to hospital, no victim identities had been released, and North Fourth Avenue was closed between West Court Street and West Ruby Street for several hours. It gave the same police contact number and the same case number, 26-056485.
Source: Second published account attributed to the Pasco Police Department
What police have not released — and why that restraint matters
As of the latest reports on Saturday, police had not named the person who died, had not given a confirmed count or conditions for the injured, had not described a suspect, and had not said what led up to the gunfire — whether a dispute, a confrontation, or something else. Readers will see exact-looking numbers and motives circulating online in cases like this; none of them are in the police account. The verified record is deliberately narrow: a time, a place, one death at the scene, several people in hospital, an isolated-incident assessment, a road closure, and an open homicide investigation. Anything beyond that has to wait for Pasco Police to say it.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Pasco Police Department at 509-628-0333 and reference case number 26-056485. Police have not announced an arrest in the initial reports.
Background: a Halloween-night gathering, a working street corner
The shooting happened in the first hours of Halloween itself, at a business at one of Pasco's central intersections — North 4th Avenue and West Court Street — at a time when the second account says a Halloween party was under way inside. That timing is context, not a cause: police have not linked the holiday, the party, or any gathering inside the business to a motive, and this report does not either. What the timing does explain is why multiple victims were present in one place at 1:20 a.m., and why the response — six assisting agencies, fire medics, a closed avenue and hours of evidence work — was as large as it was.
What happens next
The homicide investigation continues. The next verified steps to watch for are the release of the dead person's identity by police or the Franklin County coroner once family have been notified, a confirmed count and conditions for the people taken to hospital, and any police statement describing a suspect or an arrest. Until Pasco Police issue that update, the department's position stands: this appears to have been an isolated incident, there is no ongoing threat to the community, and the stretch of North 4th Avenue at the centre of the investigation was closed while detectives worked. Awaaz Punjab will update this story only on named, official information.
For Washington readers — including the Punjabi families and truckers who live in and pass through the Tri-Cities on the I-82 and US-395 corridors — the practical points on Saturday were the road closure on North 4th Avenue between West Court Street and West Ruby Street, and the police appeal above. Sources: Pasco Police Department, reported by the Tri-City Herald / Action News (TriYakNews), October 31, 2026; second published account attributed to the Pasco Police Department, October 31, 2026.