Fall City Shooting: 5 People Found Dead at Home in Washinton, Police Take 1 Teenager Into Custody
Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said.
Fall City, October 22: Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. Multiple people called 911 around 5 am to report a shooting in Fall City, Washington, King County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Mike Mellis said at a media briefing Monday afternoon.
Arriving deputies immediately took one teen into custody while another teenager who had been hurt was taken to a Seattle hospital, Mellis said. Both teens live at the house, Mellis said. Deputies entering the home found the bodies of five people, he said. Two were adults and three were described by Mellis as young teenagers. No names have yet been released. Alabama Mass Shooting: 4 Dead, Several Injured in Shooting Incident Outside Birmingham Bar (See Pics and Video).
“Once bodies were discovered, clearly we understand that this is a hugely significant crime scene,” he said. The shooting appears to involve members of a family, Mellis said, but added that they didn't yet know how they were related. He also said there was no ongoing threat to the community. US Shooting: Multiple Killed, Several Injured in Drive-By Shooting in Alabama’s Birmingham.
“I have no reason to think that there will be any additional arrests,” he said.
A neighbour told KING-TV that a couple and their five children lived in the home. “I'm just in total shock, I keep bursting into tears,” Lynne Trowern, told the media outlet. Sheriff Patricia Cole-Tindall told the media outlet she was “very sad, very disturbed” to learn about the shooting.