MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. – An armed man is reported to have entered an occupied home and shot his gun multiple times inside the home before going to Eastern State Hospital, where he shot a hospital employee who died at the scene.

When Spokane County deputies arrived at the hospital, one exchanged shots with the suspect. The suspect was then found dead near the car he was believed to have arrived in.

In a press release about the event, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said that their first interaction with the suspect happened during a call about a brush fire earlier in the night.

On September 27 around 12:05 a.m., firefighters responded to a brush fire in the 200 block of East State Route 902. The caller who reported the fire said that they talked to a man at the scene who made wild statement

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