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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 06:35 PM Feb 2016

5 dead, including gunman, after standoff in Washington state

BELFAIR, Wash. (AP) — A gunman killed four people in a home in rural Washington state before fatally shooting himself after an hourslong standoff, authorities said Friday.

The gunman had called 911 to say he shot and killed his family, Mason County sheriff's Chief Deputy Ryan Spurling said. A girl who survived has been taken to the hospital for an evaluation.

Authorities negotiated with the man for about three hours before a SWAT team entered the home near Belfair, about 25 miles southwest of Seattle, and found the people dead. The gunman shot himself, Spurling said.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/the-latest-5-dead-in-washington-shooting-including-gunman/ar-BBq3SPj?ocid=mailsignout

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5 dead, including gunman, after standoff in Washington state (Original Post) mfcorey1 Feb 2016 OP
Yeah Guns! ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #1
#34 for 2016 malaise Feb 2016 #2
The stations are too busy kissing Trump's posterior instead mfcorey1 Feb 2016 #3
No news except the circus malaise Feb 2016 #5
Another day...another massacre. Ho hum. nruthie Feb 2016 #4
<10 ain't news. Move on. Nuttin' to see here. CincyDem Feb 2016 #6
Look! Another good guy with a gun takes out a bad guy with a gun! struggle4progress Feb 2016 #7
Can't I at least catch up on yesterday's mass carnage? Glimmer of Hope Feb 2016 #8
Every. Damn. Day. DesertRat Feb 2016 #9
Freedom fatalities. Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #10
I know guns are the problem, but OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #11
A small price to pay for freedumb. hifiguy Feb 2016 #12

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
3. The stations are too busy kissing Trump's posterior instead
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 06:42 PM
Feb 2016

of covering this! Just what we expect with our new low.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
5. No news except the circus
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 06:43 PM
Feb 2016

until November. Mass shootings receive very little coverage these days.

struggle4progress

(118,334 posts)
7. Look! Another good guy with a gun takes out a bad guy with a gun!
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 07:09 PM
Feb 2016

There's no telling how many people the gunman would have shot if he hadn't been armed!

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
11. I know guns are the problem, but
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 07:40 PM
Feb 2016

I have to wonder how the economic underclass is feeling the pressure and what amount that contributes. We've got to find solutions beyond just trying to control guns. That's only part of the problem IMHO.

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