5 dead in Belfair, WA standoff, including shooter
Source: KING TV
BELFAIR, Wash. - Mason County Sheriff's officials confirm five bodies have been found on the property of a standoff near Belfair. One of the bodies was the shooter, who shot himself in front of deputies, said Mason County Sheriff Casey Salisbury.
The incident started early Friday morning in a rural area of Mason County. An armed man called 911 to say he had shot four people in a private home, local authorities said. The possible victims included the man's wife, two children, and someone else.
The Mason County Sheriff's Office couldn't confirm anyone had been shot because they hadn't been able to get into the home all morning. Salisbury said his officers talked to the man and tried to negotiate with him as he held a gun to his head.
Just before 1 p.m., investigators were able to make their way inside the home. Officials said there were 11 structures on the property and each one needed to be searched.
Shortly after, Mason County Sheriff's officials confirmed they found five bodies.
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Read more: http://www.king5.com/story/news/crime/2016/02/26/swat-responds-report-4-people-shot-belfair/80987850/
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)that guns didn't play a part in any of the fatalities - all the deaths are due to humans.
villager
(26,001 posts)...doncha know.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)So very tragic, and the poor young teen who survived... Who knows what she lived through.
How can we get mental health access to people before they get to this point? We need to destigmatize it, but seriously, what else can be done? Did no one realize this man was losing it?
randys1
(16,286 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)xocet
(3,872 posts)When is the last day that the USA had no one killed by a gun?
C Moon
(12,221 posts)I agree with the poster above: why don't they just reverse the order and take themselves out first.
trillion
(1,859 posts)Nor is making guns easy to get.
LarryNM
(493 posts)Many Meds, Self-Employed, Unable to Work (?)
Turbineguy
(37,366 posts)and guns.
pothos
(154 posts)...anyone?
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)East Gunistan.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)Why can't this shit be relegated to a third world country like Texas where this sort of thing is celebrated?
Alerters: I'm fucking drunk, all right? Alert if you want to...
olddad56
(5,732 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)Fat Tony Scalia said the founders meant everybody when they wrote "well regulated militia."
I wish he was here to tell me who was regulating this guy.