Washington state man called officer to say he killed family

The neighbor, Pigott, recounted stepping outside his own home between 8:30 and 9 p.m. on Thursday to fetch some firewood off his porch when he heard gunshots – “four or five rounds and then a pause, and then another four or five rounds and a pause and then a couple more rounds”.

The gunman called 911 from the home near the town of Belfair, which is across Puget Sound from Seattle, police said.

Police vehicles line the road near a rural property near Belfair, Washington, February 26, 2016 in this handout photo provided by Mason County Sheriff’s Office in Shelton, Washington.

Mason County Sheriff Casey Salisbury called the incident a “tragic day for everyone”, according to CBS affiliate KOMO.

A SWAT team has made it inside a rural Washington home after an hours-long standoff while authorities waited to see if reports of a four people shot would be confirmed.

Police have now said the girl transported to the hospital is a 12-year-old relative of the victims.

The five dead include the gunman, who shot himself after a standoff that lasted hours. The wife had two teenage sons who were adopted from Russian Federation during a previous marriage.

Pigott says the husband had a heating and air conditioning contractor business.

The Mason County sheriff’s office is reporting a shooting outside of Belfair in Mason County.

Police surrounded the home but did not immediately enter the residence because the man was armed with a handgun, Spurling said, according to the Seattle Times.

“The radio said he was down, but I don’t know what that means”, he said. They found the deceased suspect inside a different structure in another area on the property, local broadcaster KING5 reported.

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