Judge, deputy reportedly injured at Washington courthouse shooting

MONTESANO, Wash. – A man wounded a judge and a sheriff's deputy in a shooting and stabbing attack Friday at a courthouse, said authorities who were hunting for the assailant.

Much of the coastal town of Montesano was on lockdown, with authorities asking a radio station to tell residents to lock their doors and stay inside. Authorities have surrounded a home where they believe the suspect may be armed with a pistol.

State Patrol Trooper Russ Winger said the attack included a shooting and stabbing, but he did not know the extent of the injuries at the Grays County Courthouse, about 90 miles southwest of Seattle. About 4,000 people live in Montesano.

Grays Harbor Community Hospital spokesman David Quigg told The Associated Press that Judge David Edwards was in satisfactory condition, which means he's conscious and stable. It wasn't immediately known how the judge was injured, and no other details were immediately available.

Kathie Wilson, who works at a law firm near the courthouse, said her office locked their doors after getting a call from her daughter-in-law, who was locked in a school while picking her child.

"Everybody in our area has called each other, locking down, we are all watching and waiting to see when everything is OK," Wilson said.

Edwards was appointed to Grays Harbor County Superior Court in 2007 by Gov. Chris Gregoire. He had been a private attorney, and had also served as a prosecutor in the late 1970s.