Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Shooting rampage leaves 6 dead and 2 injured in Washington State

KING: 6 killed, 2 injured in shooting rampage
ALGER, Wash. – A terrifying shooting spree that stretched from a small northwest Washington town onto the state's busiest highway left six people dead and four more wounded on Tuesday.

The dead included a Skagit County sheriff's deputy and the wounded included a Washington State Patrol trooper shot while trying to chase the shooter down on Interstate 5, the State Patrol said.

The victims were not immediately identified

The man who turned himself in was known to authorities as "someone with a mental illness," Trooper Keith Leary said. State Department of Corrections officials are "99 percent sure" the man is Isaac Zamora, 28, who has a lengthy criminal record, spokesman Chad Lewis said. Zamora was released from the Skagit County jail on Aug. 4
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