Suspect, 87, in Arlington shooting dies

February 25, 2013 @ 5:34 am

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - An 87-year-old man accused of shooting an employee at a Stanwood assisted living home has died.

The Daily Herald reports ( http://bit.ly/YujoVr) the Snohomish County medical examiner's office was notified Tuesday that Arthur Hames died of natural causes at a hospital after he was moved Feb. 15 from the jail.

Hames had been accused of assault in the shooting Feb. 4 in a supervisor's office at Josephine Sunset Home. The 59-year-old victim, Roger Holbrook, was wounded in the stomach and survived.

Hames told detectives he had been bullied at the home. The home says there's no evidence he was mistreated.

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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com


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  • longwayhome wrote...
    N.R.A.
    February 4, 2013 6:20 pm
    Appealing to the senior citizens now! bill law would be proud, hope his attends weren't full!
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  • CH wrote...
    Authorities say an 86-year-old resident of a Stanwood, Wash., assisted living facility opened fire on an employee, injuring the male worker
    February 4, 2013 6:21 pm
    went to see dad xkop?
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Well there you go.
    February 5, 2013 9:53 am
    You lefties should be proud! Another "victim". He was "bullied". NOT GUILTY!
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  • Theodorethegreat wrote...
    Got tired
    February 5, 2013 10:16 am
    of his pudding cups gone missing.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    What the heck...
    February 5, 2013 6:23 pm
    How is it that an 86 yr. old man living in a nursing home has a firearm? He probably suffers from alzheimers or has dementia, a common trait in even younger republicans. Persons in nursing homes should not have firearms.
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  • Mavila wrote...
    He was in an assisted living home...
    February 5, 2013 6:54 pm
    and was free to come and go as he pleased in his own vehicle. They have a policy of no weapons allowed, but they can't realistically keep one out if he chooses to sneak one in which is evidently what happened in this case. It's a non-profit facility, so they are probably stretched thin on staff and can't really afford expensive security measures.
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  • Mavila wrote...
    My understanding is that...
    February 5, 2013 6:58 pm
    he did not have Alzheimer's. Those folks are usually confined to a memory care unit and can't leave without being accompanied. Dimentia is a possibility, however.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Mavilla
    February 5, 2013 7:47 pm
    Being a non profit facility and having no money for staff are not connected.
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  • Mavila wrote...
    I didn't say they had no money for staff...
    February 5, 2013 8:06 pm
    I said they are stretched thin on staff and don't have money for security measures like metal detectors (not that they would be practical anyway).
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