I know we have several friends on O/R from Washington. I pray they are okay.
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Deputy among 6 dead in Wash. shooting spree
Police say a suspect turned himself in after leading police on chase
Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald via AP
A metallic tan GMC pickup truck is seen leaving southbound on Interstate 5 at the Kincaid Street exit in Mount Vernon, Wash., on Tuesday while being chased by police. The Washington State Patrol said six people are dead and two are wounded after a shooting rampage. Authorities say the suspect turned himself in after the shootings.
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ALGER, Wash. - A shooting rampage Tuesday afternoon in northwest Washington has left six people dead, including a sheriff's deputy, the State Patrol said. A suspect in the shootings has surrendered.
Two people were wounded during the violence in Skagit County, including a state trooper who reportedly was grazed in the arm by a bullet.
A man was arrested after turning himself in at the Skagit County sheriff's office in Mount Vernon, Trooper Keith Leary said. The man was not immediately identified but Leary said he is known to authorities as "someone with a mental illness."
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The dead were found at multiple crime scenes. They included the deputy shot while responding to a call and a second person killed at the same location near the small town of Alger; two construction workers found shot nearby, and a third body found a few houses away, Leary said. Authorities were investigating any connection among those sites.
A motorist was shot and killed on Interstate 5 as the suspect fled south.
The wounded included a motorcyclist who was shot in the arm at a Shell gas station in Alger and the trooper hit as the suspect raced along I-5.
After the shootings in the Alger area, the armed man raced south on Interstate 5 at speeds in excess of 90 mph, with troopers, sheriff's deputies and Mount Vernon police in pursuit, Leary said.
The civilian motorist was shot and killed and the unidentified trooper was grazed by a bullet along I-5 near a rest stop, Leary said. The trooper was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The victims were not immediately identified.
The first shootings were reported shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday and the suspect was in custody by about 4:30 p.m.
State Patrol troopers temporarily closed all southbound lanes of I-5 north of Burlington for a period Tuesday evening, backing up traffic for miles, as they investigated that crime scene.
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