A Seattle-area man shot his wife and kids then alerted local police Friday morning, according to reports.
A SWAT team surrounded the home near Belfair, Wash., in a standoff with the yet-unidentified man who told a 911 dispatcher he shot four people, Mason County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Ryan Spurling said.
Negotiators spoke with the armed man and then got into the home as deputies try to confirm there are shooting victims in the home and capture him, Spurling said. The sheriff’s office posted a photo of squad cars lined up on a gravel roadway in the piney terrain roughly 25 miles southwest of Seattle.
“We’ve made entry, but there are 11 structures to clear,” Spurling told The Seattle Times. "The radio said he was down, but I don’t know what that means. We just have to wait till they secure the scene. They’re going to do a thorough search of everything to find out what we’ve got."
The man had said at 9:37 a.m. local time he had shot his wife and children and was holding a gun to his head, officials told KIRO-TV. Authorities said an emergency crew drove a responsive girl from the home to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
The sheriff’s office asked news helicopters to clear airspace around the home for a Washington State Patrol plane. WSP spokesman Kyle Moore told the Times a Cessna aircraft mounted with a surveillance camera is giving police a live video feed at the scene.
Area resident Jack Pigott told the newspaper he heard gunfire around 8:15 p.m. Thursday but "never thought more about it" because he figured it was just target practice.
The home is near Belfair, Wash., roughly 25 miles southwest of Seattle.
“I’m looking at the TV and there’s a picture of my road. I said, 'My god that’s my driveway. There’s SWAT cars … halfway down the road,'" he said. "I’m kind of surprised this happened up here in my paradise."
“Stand off and negotiations ongoing,” the sheriff’s office tweeted.
With News Wire Services.
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