A 15-year-old Washington authorities boy accused of murdering his parents and 3 of his siblings wrong their location was banned from contacting his sole-surviving sister during a proceeding connected Tuesday.
The teen, whose sanction has not been released publically owed to his age, waived his correct to look successful tribunal Tuesday for his first proceeding astatine nan Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center successful Seattle, nan King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors asked nan judge to complaint nan teen fishy pinch 5 counts of first-degree execution and 1 count of attempted first-degree murder. The suspect’s defense lawyer said nan teen had nary anterior criminal history. A charging determination is expected later this week.
The judge besides ordered nan teen to person nary interaction pinch personification whom prosecutors described arsenic nan surviving personnel of his contiguous family.
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Police described nan shooting arsenic a home unit incident. (FOX13 Seattle KCPQ)
The surviving family personnel was identified arsenic an 11-year-old girl, who had been changeable doubly earlier escaping nan location successful Fall City during nan shooting early Monday morning.
Deputies responded astir 5 a.m. to reports of a shooting astatine nan location and instantly took 1 teen into custody while different injured juvenile was taken to a Seattle hospital. When deputies entered nan home, they discovered nan bodies of 2 adults and 3 juveniles.
The shooting happened successful nan Lake Alice vicinity of Fall City, Washington, early Monday. (FOX13 Seattle KCPQ)
King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mike Mellis said investigators judge nan group killed had been shot. Their names and causes of decease person not yet been released.
The 11-year-old woman was successful "satisfactory condition" astatine Harborview Medical Center successful Seattle connected Tuesday, infirmary officials said. Police had initially said nan injured personification was a teenager.
One teen was taken into custody and a 2nd teen was hospitalized pinch gunshot wounds. Deputies recovered 3 different juveniles and 2 adults dormant astatine nan scene. (FOX13 Seattle KCPQ)
The 15-year-old was booked into King County’s juvenile detention facility, and nary different arrests were expected, Mellis said.
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The parents were identified arsenic Mark and Sarah Humiston, KING-TV reported. Mark reportedly worked arsenic an electrical engineer, though fewer specifications astir nan family were instantly available.
Neighbors told FOX13 Seattle that a mates and their 5 children lived astatine nan home, describing nan family arsenic polite. Others added that nan children were homeschooled and utilized to thief their parents and neighbors pinch location projects.
Community members held a vigil connected Tuesday nighttime for nan family.
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"Small municipality and tragedy, everybody comes together," Shelley Yohn told FOX13.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.