The fatal shootings of two good friends in Federal Way and Seattle were a tragic coincidence but unrelated, law-enforcement sources said Tuesday.
Muldhata Dawud, 20, was killed just after 1 a.m. Thursday in a drive-by shooting in Federal Way and his close friend Zakariya Issa, 20, was fatally shot in Seattle on Friday afternoon while walking home from a prayer service for Dawud.
Law-enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigations say the two shootings are not connected and that a suspect has been identified in each homicide.
Dawud, of Seattle, had gone with a group of friends to a party in Federal Way on Wednesday night, according to Federal Way police spokeswoman Cathy Shrock.