Two people found shot dead in Shelton home

BY Chris Sullivan  on May 28, 2012 @ 5:43 am (Updated: 10:34 am - 5/28/12 )

People in Shelton heard gunshots about 1:00am, and police found a man and woman dead inside a home on Harvard Avenue.

Detectives had to wait several hours to get a search warrant before going inside. It appears to be a double homicide. Shortly after entering the home, a SWAT team was called, and it descended on the house next door.

A woman and some young children came running outside. The situation turned into a stand-off with a man and woman inside. The two eventually came-out after police fired tear gas into the home.

Shelton Police Lieutenant Les Watson told MyNorthwest.com this is first homicide investigation in the city in several years. "We historically don't have one or two or three in a given year," he said. "It's been a few years since we've had our last homicide here."

Watson said officers have been at the home before, but he's not sure if these are the same people they have dealt with in the past.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • Realitycheck wrote...
    REALLY???? REALLY???
    May 28, 2012 1:19 pm
    Are you kidding me, police needs to get a search warrant to enter a house that had reported gun shots.......oh boy, no wonder criminals are winning. Good grief people grow up. Please, please enter my house any time as fast as you can if you hear gun shots, no warrant necessary to make sure my family is OK.
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  • Newton wrote...
    Was it the economy that caused this.
    May 28, 2012 3:13 pm
    Just Couldn't make the turn and double trouble. With tuff times like the economy. Lets just hope people can find help.
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  • Zagnut wrote...
    Newton, huh? I'm trying but I don't get your post. It reminds me of a Steve Martin line:
    May 28, 2012 4:31 pm
    Mama dogfood in the banana patch.
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    Translation, please.
    May 28, 2012 4:47 pm
    This article makes no sense. It is so convoluted. Or maybe it is the allergy medication I took?

    @ Chris Sullivan: A little help?.....

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  • CH wrote...
    Inside job . . . .
    May 28, 2012 5:09 pm
    both were good shots.
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  • Newton wrote...
    Zagnut: Just keep drinking the City Water.
    May 29, 2012 2:17 am
    Its working its working.
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  • NWGUY wrote...
    SWAT went into the wrong house?
    May 29, 2012 5:58 am
    " Shortly after entering the home, a SWAT team was called, and it descended on the house next door." then they had to use tear gas? to get the wronged neighbors out of the house? there's a lot missing from this story.
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    @ NWGUY
    May 29, 2012 11:48 am
    I feel better knowing that I was not the only one confused by this article.

    It was just poorly written by someone who was familiar with the encounter and assumed we knew the details.

    I have since read another article on this incident and it makes more sense...... now!!

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