Deputies investigating homicide near Gold Bar
GOLD BAR, Wash. - Snohomish County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a homicide that occurred near Gold Bar Tuesday evening.
A 32-year-old woman was found dead inside a vehicle around 7 p.m. and a 29-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to deputies, the two victims and the suspect met up at Big Eddy boat launch in Gold Bar. Some kind of argument occurred, and the 29-year-old was pistol-whipped, and the 32-year-old was shot. Both women got into their vehicle to get away from the suspect, where they were found by law enforcement.
The woman who was pistol-whipped was driving, and the woman who was shot was found dead in the passenger seat with a single gunshot wound.
On Wednesday afternoon, deputies located a 44-year-old suspect. He ran into the river but was eventually taken into custody near the Ben Howard boat launch near Monroe.
He was booked into Snohomish County Jail for first-degree murder.
The victim will be identified by the medical examiner's office.
The investigation is ongoing.