The King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident that occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.

According to King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jason Stanley, a 22-year-old black male victim reported that he was walking home from work in downtown Vashon, when a vehicle swerved toward him as if to run him off the road. He said it later came back, and one of the passengers swung at him with a baseball bat.

The victim returned to work after calling 911. Deputies were on another call, so it took some time to get to the victim. In the mean time, dispatch tried calling to advise him of the delays, but they could not get though because his phone was unable to accept calls.

He decided to walk home after some time had passed and took a short cut but heard somebody shout a racial slur and heard what he thought were gunshots.

The case is being investigated further by detectives. If anyone has information about this incident, they should contact the sheriff’s office at 296-3311.