Teen in custody after 5 found dead in shooting at home in Washington state

FALL CITY, WASHINGTON — 

Law enforcement officials recovered 5 radical killed successful a shooting wrong a location southeast of Seattle connected Monday greeting and took a teen into custody, constabulary said.

Several radical called 911 astir 5 a.m. to study a shooting successful Fall City, Washington, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Mellis said astatine a media briefing Monday afternoon.

Arriving deputies instantly took 1 teen into custody portion different teen who had been wounded was taken to a Seattle hospital, Mellis said. Both teens unrecorded astatine the house, Mellis said.

Deputies entering the location recovered the bodies of 5 people, helium said. Two were adults and 3 were described by Mellis arsenic young teenagers. No names person been released yet.

“Once bodies were discovered, intelligibly we recognize that this is simply a hugely important transgression scene,” helium said.

Mellis said the shooting appears to impact members of a family, but added that they didn't yet cognize however they were related. He besides said determination was nary ongoing menace to the community.

“I person nary crushed to deliberation that determination volition beryllium immoderate further arrests,” helium said.

The teen successful custody was booked into King County’s juvenile detention facility, according to Mellis. The teen volition look successful tribunal for a archetypal proceeding connected Tuesday oregon Wednesday, a spokesperson for the region Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said successful an email.

A neighbour told KING-TV that a mates and their 5 children lived successful the home.

“I’m conscionable successful full shock, I support bursting into tears,” Lynne Trowern, told the quality outlet.

An emailed connection Monday evening from King County Councilmember Sarah Perry said the shooting progressive a household of 7 people.

Sheriff Patricia Cole-Tindall told KING-TV that she was “very sad, precise disturbed” to larn astir the shooting.