Skagit County Washington

**pgg** · 09-03-08, 12:57 AM

I know we have several friends on O/R from Washington. I pray they are okay.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26517411

Deputy among 6 dead in Wash. shooting spree
Police say a suspect turned himself in after leading police on chase

Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald via AP
A metallic tan GMC pickup truck is seen leaving southbound on Interstate 5 at the Kincaid Street exit in Mount Vernon, Wash., on Tuesday while being chased by police. The Washington State Patrol said six people are dead and two are wounded after a shooting rampage. Authorities say the suspect turned himself in after the shootings.
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ALGER, Wash. - A shooting rampage Tuesday afternoon in northwest Washington has left six people dead, including a sheriff's deputy, the State Patrol said. A suspect in the shootings has surrendered.

Two people were wounded during the violence in Skagit County, including a state trooper who reportedly was grazed in the arm by a bullet.

A man was arrested after turning himself in at the Skagit County sheriff's office in Mount Vernon, Trooper Keith Leary said. The man was not immediately identified but Leary said he is known to authorities as "someone with a mental illness."

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The dead were found at multiple crime scenes. They included the deputy shot while responding to a call and a second person killed at the same location near the small town of Alger; two construction workers found shot nearby, and a third body found a few houses away, Leary said. Authorities were investigating any connection among those sites.

A motorist was shot and killed on Interstate 5 as the suspect fled south.

The wounded included a motorcyclist who was shot in the arm at a Shell gas station in Alger and the trooper hit as the suspect raced along I-5.

After the shootings in the Alger area, the armed man raced south on Interstate 5 at speeds in excess of 90 mph, with troopers, sheriff's deputies and Mount Vernon police in pursuit, Leary said.

The civilian motorist was shot and killed and the unidentified trooper was grazed by a bullet along I-5 near a rest stop, Leary said. The trooper was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The victims were not immediately identified.

The first shootings were reported shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday and the suspect was in custody by about 4:30 p.m.

State Patrol troopers temporarily closed all southbound lanes of I-5 north of Burlington for a period Tuesday evening, backing up traffic for miles, as they investigated that crime scene.

**Just KC** · 09-03-08, 01:31 AM

Deputy29 already posted about this......very sad.

**PapaBear** · 09-03-08, 02:19 PM

The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . .

Deputy Sheriff Anne Jackson
Skagit County Sheriff's Office
Washington
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Apprehended

Deputy Anne Jackson was shot and killed after responding to a disturbance at a residence in the small town of Alger. When dispatchers were unable to reach her another deputy was sent to the location and found her body, along with a second shooting victim.

A suspect was located and led responding officers on a pursuit down I-5 in which he wounded a Washington State Patrol trooper and fatally shot another motorist. He turned himself at the county sheriff's office a short time later.

The ensuing investigation revealed that the suspect had also murdered three other people in two houses near the location where Deputy Jackson was killed at.

Deputy Jackson had served with the Skagit County Sheriff's Office for 6 years.

Agency Contact Information
Skagit County Sheriff's Office
600 South Third
Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Phone: (360) 336-9450

Please contact the Skagit County Sheriff's Office for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.

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**CTR man** · 09-03-08, 08:22 PM

The suspect needs to be executed by firing squad. That is the only way we are going to be able to deter these idiots from doing these crimes and taking the senseless loss of life. This deputy and the innocent bystanders did not need to die. My condolences to the families. friends and colleagues of the fallen.