Washington authorities announced Monday, October 21, that five people died in a shooting at a home near Seattle. At the same time, they reported that a fifteen-year-old boy was taken into custody as part of the investigation into the mass murder.
The victims are three children and two adults, the King County Sheriff’s Office said. A girl who lived in the house was also injured.
Mike Mellis, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, told reporters at the scene that the teenage suspect was taken into custody without resistance.
It is not clear at this stage whether the victims and the perpetrator belong to the same family. At the same time, the authorities are trying to identify the motive for the massacre.
There were repeated calls to 911 for house fires in the community of Fall City, about 10 miles from Seattle, in the early morning hours. Perioikos with medical studies offered “first aid until ambulances arrive».
The teenager, who is being held as a suspect, is expected to be brought before a judge within the next twenty-four hours, according to the sheriff’s department.
The US is a country where there are more firearms than there are people. In particular, they record a higher rate of gun deaths than any other developed country in the world.
Gun attacks are a recurring scourge in the country as one government after another fails to take effective measures. The power of the gun lobby remains enormous. In fact, many Americans don’t even want to hear about restrictions, let alone parting with their guns.
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