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6 Shot Dead In Washington State

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 3, 2008

ALGER, Wash. - A man fatally shot a sheriff's deputy responding to a call Tuesday in northwestern Washington state, then led authorities on a car chase and killed five other people before turning himself in, officials said. Two others were wounded.

Authorities said a state trooper was among those injured in Skagit County, north of Seattle. The dead were found at multiple scenes, state Trooper Keith Leary said at a news conference.

Among the dead were the deputy and another person killed at the same location, two construction workers who were found shot nearby, a person killed at another location and a motorist fatally shot on Interstate 5.

A motorcyclist was shot and wounded at a gas station in the town of Alger, and the trooper was wounded in the arm as the suspect raced along Interstate 5, authorities said.

The suspect, reportedly a man known to Skagit County authorities, eventually turned himself in at a Skagit County sheriff's office in Mount Vernon.

The Associated Press

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