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Five people are dead and a teenager is in custody after a shooting in Washington state

Five people are dead and a teenager is in custody after a shooting in Washington state

Five people were killed and a teenager was in custody Monday after a shooting at a home near Seattle.

Law enforcement received 911 calls Monday morning about a “disturbance involving gunfire at a residential home” in Fall City, Washington, Mike Mellis, a deputy with the King County Sheriff’s Office, told reporters. When they arrived at the house, they took a 15-year-old male into custody and discovered five people – two adults and three teenagers – dead inside the house. Another teen was also found with injuries to “at least two parts of their body” and was taken to a nearby hospital, Mellis also said. It also appears that both the suspect and the deceased were all members of the same family, and their relationship is part of the investigation, the King County Sheriff’s Office told NPR.

“It appears this is a family incident. This is clearly a domestic violence incident involving not only a young man who is now in serious trouble, but also firearms. A young man and firearms,” Mellis said, adding that it is unclear how many firearms were used or were in the home.

“What happened here this morning essentially ended before emergency services were called or before emergency services arrived,” Mellis said, adding that there was no confrontation with the teen who was taken into custody.

The teen was booked into the King County Juvenile Detention Center on Monday and family members have been notified of the incident, Mellis said. He added that the house was not considered a “problem house”, where multiple police calls have been made and police have not been to the house for years for “a major reason”.

The teen’s first appearance is Tuesday afternoon and the case has not yet been referred to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for a formal charging decision.

Copyright 2024 NPR

By Sheisoe

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