West Seattle deadly shootings followup: Police briefing at 2 pm

This morning, police tape still ringed the Highland Park house where four people died yesterday afternoon (WSB coverage here) – when, police say, a woman opened fire on four family members – her son-in-law and two teenage granddaughters died, her daughter survived. They have not been officially identified yet, but a family member gave their names to our partners at the Seattle Times, saying the two youngest victims were 14 and 17 years old. We checked with Seattle Public Schools to see if they were currently enrolled in any area schools; the district tells us that while they were SPS students last year, they were not enrolled this year. Police have yet to release new information today but we expect to hear the latest when they brief media at SPD headquarters downtown at 2 pm. 1:38 PM NOTE: We expect to start a new story once the police briefing starts, with text highlights as well as a live stream (hopefully from the Seattle Times).

6 Replies to "West Seattle deadly shootings followup: Police briefing at 2 pm"

  • Jiggers September 24, 2010 (12:54 pm)

    Grandma ran out of ammo! said the Seattle Times.

  • HolyKow September 24, 2010 (1:01 pm)

    Talk about a nightmare…It is always the kids in the story that make me the most sick on these…they never had a chance…can you imagine your grandmother processing violence upon you like that? I just cannot relate.. So horrible for everyone involved.

    Anyone else find it strange that there were 3 shots after he broke from police and went inside and then re-emerged with the shooter down?

    hk

  • ad September 24, 2010 (1:10 pm)

    This is such a sad, sad story. I wonder why the granddaughters were home on a school day? :(

  • justobserving September 24, 2010 (1:12 pm)

    3 last shots – strange? nope…two attempts at him and last one on herself. makes sense.

  • MB September 24, 2010 (1:12 pm)

    Another web site said they were home because they were sick.

  • LB September 24, 2010 (2:36 pm)

    The Seattle Times states the grandmother was struggling with schizophrenia and depression. This does not abate the horror of these tragic events, but it does help explain the root cause of the violence.

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    Very sad.

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