Triple shooting prompts school lockdowns in Lacey
Mar 19, 2012, 11:10 AM | Updated: 5:10 pm
One person has died following a triple-shooting at a home in Lacey, about 60 miles south of Seattle, and authorities searched for the gunman after reports of a suspect in a dark hoodie jumping over fences and running through backyards in the suburban neighborhood.
Police believe the gunman is responsible for shooting three people at the home on Daniel Loop Southeast just after 10:30 a.m. Monday.
Eight schools (Aspire, Chambers Prairie, Lakes,
Timberline, Woodland, Komachin, Mountain View and
Horizons) in the area had been on lockdown for about two
hours.
“Because of the seriousness of the shooting, we shut down
our whole zone. We shut down those schools into perimeter lockdown,” explained Courtney Schrieve with the North Thurston public school district.
A SWAT team briefly surrounded a nearby home and detained two people, but Police Cmdr. Jim Mack said authorities don’t believe they were involved in the shooting.
Dozens of police, including canine units, continue the search for the suspect. Mack said it appears to be an isolated attack stemming from an argument inside the home.
One of the victims was shot in the chest, another below the waist and the third in the head, he said.
This is a developing story. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
