LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- A driver was fatally shot by a passenger in a vehicle that crashed into a fence near Lynnwood early Tuesday morning, deputies said.

There were three men, all in their 20s, in the car when the shooting happened at about 2 a.m., the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said.

The car struck a fence in the 14500 block of Admiralty Way.

Deputies detained both passengers for questioning. They said one was jailed for investigation of first-degree murder and the other was later released.

Detectives brought in a fire department ladder truck and then a helicopter to photograph the car from above.

The Sheriff's department said a gun was recovered.