Washington man kills woman and her mother before fleeing with two children and shooting self during police chase
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Washington state man shot and killed his estranged partner and her mother inside their home on Monday before he took his two children and fled from the cops in a high-speed chase before he crashed and shot himself.
It was about 5 p.m. on Monday when police in Lacey, a suburb of the state’s capital Olympia, received a call about a “protection order violation” at a home, according to Q13 Fox.
The suspect, entered the house and shot his estranged girlfriend, or possibly his ex-wife before shooting her mother, Lacey Police Cmdr. Chris Ward told the station. The man then fled from the scene with his two young children.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities were unsure of the relationship between the man and his partner.
The woman was found by cops dead at the scene. The mother was rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries. She later died from her injuries. Ward said to Q13 Fox.
The cops gave chase to the suspect as he sped down Interstate 5 while firing shots at the officers near the Olympia Auto Mall, according to The Seattle Times.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The officers did not return fire because of the two children in the back seat but they were eventually able to box in the suspect on a street in Olympia. That is when he shot himself. He was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center where he is listed in critical condition.
The two children, aged 3 and 12, were unharmed.
It was not immediately clear why the man shot his former partner and her mother.