3 dead after 'random' shooting at Yakima convenience store; Suspect dies of apparent suicide - FOX 13 Seattle

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Published January 24, 2023 8:47AM

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Police springiness update connected fishy successful 'random' triple homicide astatine Yakima convenience store

Two men and a pistillate were gunned down astatine seemingly random wrong a Circle K store successful Yakima. The fishy was discovered astir 12 hours aboriginal with an evident self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police are inactive investigating a motive.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A fishy believed to person been progressive successful a triple deadly shooting astatine a convenience store successful Yakima has died of evident self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to police. 

Before the fishy took his ain life, officers were called to a Circle K store astir 3:30 a.m. for reports that a antheral had changeable respective radical adjacent 18th Street and Nob Hill Boulevard.

When constabulary arrived astatine the scene, they recovered 3 radical dormant wrong the Circle K store-- 2 men and a woman. Police did not instantly merchandise further details astir the victims.

Yakima Police Chief Matt Murray said determination was an evident 2nd shooting crossed the thoroughfare astatine the ARCO/AMPM convenience store, however, it turns retired that the fishy changeable his ain car windows retired due to the fact that helium locked himself retired of the conveyance  

Yakima shooting country (left) and Yakima shooting fishy (right) (Yakima Police Department)

The fishy drove distant from the country and was identified arsenic 21-year-old Jarid Haddock, who is simply a Yakima County resident. 

Murray said constabulary person information video from the store and eyewitnesses person provided information.

"It appears to beryllium a random situation," Murray said. "There was nary evident struggle betwixt the parties. The antheral conscionable walked successful and started shooting."

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A SWAT telephone went retired astir 2:16 p.m. and a location was surrounded-- constabulary believed the fishy was inside, but helium was not. 

The fishy borrowed a woman's telephone adjacent the Target successful Yakima and called his mother, telling her "several incriminating statements, similar ‘I killed those people,’" Murray said during a property conference. 

The fishy besides told the pistillate helium was going to termination himself. 

The pistillate was capable to get her telephone backmost and region herself from the suspect. She past called 911 and relayed what the fishy told her and told his parent connected the phone.

Police said the fishy near and coiled up adjacent the Pizza Hut, which was diagonal from the Target. Officers arrived to that country and heard gunshots.

When they followed the gunshots, they saw the antheral they believed to person been progressive successful the Circle K murders with evident self-inflicted gunshot wounds. 

Medics attempted to prevention the antheral but helium was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. 

The fishy had a ample magnitude of ammunition and weapons connected him erstwhile officers recovered him connected the ground, Murray said. Murray said helium wasn't definite however overmuch ammo helium had connected him, but it was "more than a mean idiosyncratic would carry." 

Murray said constabulary bash not yet cognize of a motive, if determination was one. He besides said they whitethorn ne'er know, since Haddock died.

An autopsy volition beryllium done to corroborate the individuality of the man, but constabulary firmly judge it was Haddock. 

This is simply a processing story. Check backmost for updates. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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