Everett double shooting was a case of domestic violence, police say

EVERETT — The shooting on Casino Road on Sunday that ended with the suspected shooter dying on I-5 stemmed from a domestic dispute, Everett police said Monday.

The man and the two people he was accused of shooting Sunday afternoon knew each other, officer Natalie Given said. The shooting was not related to gang activity, she added.

Around 1:05 p.m., the man shot and killed another man at the Park View Apartments at 1126 W Casino Road, according to the Everett Police Department. The man also shot a woman, who was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to police.

Given said the woman remained hospitalized Monday.

The suspected shooter drove away, according to police. Officers started pursuing him near 19th Avenue SE and El Capitan Way. They followed him onto I-5 north.

After a short pursuit, the man crashed on I-5, near Highway 526, police said. Shortly after, officers reportedly heard gunshots from inside the man’s car. They approached and found the man dead.

The incident initially closed I-5 in both directions, but the southbound lanes reopened not long after the crash. For hours, northbound traffic was backed up for miles. Just after 9 p.m., about eight hours after the crash, all lanes reopened.

As of Monday afternoon, the two men hadn’t been publicly identified.

This was the second police pursuit in a week to end with a suspect dead.

On Sept. 15, a man fled Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies after killing his mother near Arlington, authorities said. Deputies pursued him on Highway 9. They used a PIT maneuver to stop the man’s car, according to the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, a cadre of detectives tasked with investigating police use of force known as SMART. The man was thrown from the car and died at the scene.

Jake Goldstein-Street: 425-339-3439; jake.goldstein-street@heraldnet.com; X: @GoldsteinStreet.