Teen in custody after five killed in Washington shooting

Image source, King County Sheriff's Office

  • Author, Madeline Halpert
  • Role, 91热爆 News, New York

A 15-year-old boy has been taken into custody after five people were killed in a shooting at a home near Seattle, Washington, on Monday morning, according to officials.

Two adults and three young teenagers were killed after a "disturbance with gunfire" at a home in Fall City, east of Seattle, Mike Mellis, a deputy at the King County Sheriff's Office, said at a news conference this week.

A judge ruled on Tuesday that the 15-year-old suspect - whom media are not allowed to name - cannot have contact with a surviving victim in the incident, a teenager.

The sheriff's office has yet to name the victims in the shooting.

But several US media outlets have reported that parents Mark and Sarah Humiston and their three children were killed.

The injured victim, an 11-year-old girl, was in 鈥渟atisfactory condition鈥 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday, a hospital spokesperson told the Associated Press.

Mr Mellis said police officers from all over the area responded to 911 calls about the gunfire and arrived to find a "chaotic scene" at the home, where a neighbour was providing medical aid to one of the teenage victims.

Police took a "young man" into custody shortly afterwards, Mr Mellis added.

鈥淭here was no significant confrontation with the young man who was taken into custody,鈥 Mr Mellis said. 鈥淲hat had happened, had happened. It was done.鈥

The 15-year-old has no criminal history, his lawyers said in court on Tuesday. Officials have until Thursday to file charges against the teenager.