Teen in custody after mass shooting in Washington state killed 5, including 3 children

Oct. 21 (UPI) — A teenage boy is in custody after five people, including three children, were killed Monday in Washington state.

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Deputies with the King County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state said five people, including three children, were killed Monday morning in a suburb east of Seattle. A teenage boy was taken into custody in the “possible domestic violence situation” at the home. Photo courtesy of King County Sheriff’s Office

Deputies with the King County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of an “apparent mass shooting” just before 5 a.m. PDT at a house in an unincorporated part of Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle

Five people were killed in the house and “it appears the brother who fired the weapon tried to hang himself,” multiple paramedics and first responders told reporters.

While deputies have not confirmed the suspect’s relationship to the victims, they did call the incident a “possible domestic violence situation.” One “high school-aged” teen was taken into custody and remains at the King County Juvenile Detention Center…

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