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FALL CITY — Five people, including three youths, were fatally shot at a house near the Lake Alice public boat launch in the Fall City area Monday morning, according to law enforcement officials.
A sixth victim, a teenager, was injured and hospitalized with injuries to at least two parts of their body, King County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Mellis said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
A “young man” in his “midteens,” who lives at the house along with the victims, was taken into custody, Mellis said.
He described a “chaotic scene” inside the home on Lake Alice Road Southeast and said firearms were involved.
Mellis did not identify the victims, nor did he have the children’s exact ages or genders, but said they appeared to be teenagers. He declined to comment on whether the incident involved parents and their children, but said it appears the suspect and victims were family.
He said the suspect was expected to be booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center — King County’s juvenile detention facility — later Monday.
Mellis said the shooting “essentially concluded” before the 911 call was made and deputies arrived.
“There was no significant confrontation with the young man that was taken into custody,” Mellis said. “What had happened had happened. It was done.”