Saturday, January 5, 2019

Police: Man shoots sister, kills himself outside Edmond's restaurant - KOMO News

Police: Man shoots sister, kills himself outside Edmond's restaurant

EDMONDS, Wash. – Witnesses say a brother shot his sister before turning the gun on himself in the parking lot of Arnies on Admiral Way in Edmonds Saturday, according to Edmonds police.

Along a scenic shore in Edmonds, just before noon, a tranquil Saturday was interrupted by tragedy.

Ashley Jones was at work upstairs when she heard two distinct gunshots. She and two nearby nurses ran down to the Arnies parking lot where they found one man dead and a woman clutching a book by a blue SUV.

“She had been shot through the chest by a shotgun at close range,” Jones said. “But was holding a hardback book against her chest. The book was in pieces all over the car and she was obviously in shock but really responsive."

Witnesses say the 56-year-old man pulled the shotgun out of this guitar case. Police say he fired at his sister before shooting himself. The shotgun was recovered at the scene.

The woman, who is in her 40s, was treated by officers then transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She is in stable condition, police say.

“These two appear at this moment to be brother and sister," Sergeant Josh McClure said. "They had met here for some sort of family event."

The shooting is being investigated as a domestic violence matter. There are no suspects and no present danger to the community.

This is the second shooting in three weeks and just within a few blocks of where a 23-year-old was shot and killed at a party at a nearby senior center on December 14. But police believe these two shootings along the Edmonds bay are unrelated.

“These are no way connected," McClure said. "The incident back on December 14 was a much different set of circumstances. This incident here today appears to be an act of domestic violence.

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