3 dead, including suspected shooter, inside home near Sequim
Published 6:09 am Friday, May 15, 2020
By Michael Dashiell / Sequim Gazette
Three people are dead following a Thursday morning standoff at a home just north of Sequim city limits, local law enforcement officials said today.
According to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, one of the three people inside the home on Sheldon Lane is the suspected shooter, identified by witnesses as 25-year-old Jacob M. Hunter.
The victims were as Samantha Faber, 34, and her brother James Faber, Jr., 32.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Bureau is investigating. The Washington State Patrol’s Crime Scene Response Team went to the scene to assist detectives.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded at 12:15 a.m. on Thursday to report of an assault in progress, with gunshots being fired inside a residence in the 100 block of Sheldon Lane, just north of Old Olympic Highway.
The reporting party told dispatchers there were seven individuals, including Hunter, in the residence at the time of the shooting, and that at least two people had been shot.
Hunter was an acquaintance of the Fabers and had been living at their residence, officials said.
Deputies and Sequim Police Department officers evacuated the uninjured people to safety, they said.
Staff Sergeant John Keegan said those evacuated were related to the victims and included children.
According to the sheriff’s office, attempts were made to negotiate with suspect, and when he did not respond to commands, officers entered the residence.
Once inside the residence, law enforcement officers discovered the bodies of three deceased individuals.
Brian King, Chief Criminal Deputy with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, said the weapon used in the shooting was a handgun.
Agencies involved in responding to the incident included the Clallam County Sheriff Office, Sequim Police Department, Port Angeles Police Department, Washington State Patrol, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Port Townsend Police Department, United States Border Patrol, Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team, Clallam County Fire District and Clallam County Emergency Management.
This story originally appeared in the Sequim Gazette, a sister publication to The Herald.
