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Four shot at Tumwater home

TUMWATER, Wash. — Four people were shot early Wednesday morning at a home in Tumwater.

Tumwater police say five people, one woman and four men, were inside a home in the 200 block of Gerth Street Southwest about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when three men entered and gunshots were fired.

Four people were struck by gunfire. Two were taken to Harborview Medical Center and two were taken to St. Peter's Hospital.

None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.

Four of the five people who were inside the home during the intrusion live there; a fifth was visiting.

Three of the residents were shot, including an 18-year-old.

One resident of the home armed himself and returned fire at the intruders. Police said he shot at least two of the suspects.

Money is believed to a possible motive -- as suspects demanded one of the victims remove money from a safe, police said.

Officer J. Kold said there was a standoff situation after the shooting in which one man remained inside. SWAT officers responded. When they entered the house, they found another man with a gunshot wound.

Police said they had been to the home before and that some of the calls were drug-related.

Investigators are interviewing those involved and said no suspects are at large.

4 people have been shot in Tumwater--after people inside a home called 911 to report an armed robbery. Here's the latest from police: -- NOTE to the people commenting on this post... As soon as I got to the scene this morning in Tumwater, I jumped out of our van and started recording this live video on my phone. Forgive me for asking the same questions....but we were just minutes from our live television broadcast, and I kept seeing more people join the live video (from 400 to 500 to 600 people...which is a lot for such an early hour!!!), so I kept wanting to catch up those who were just tuning in. I had a producer talking in my earpiece that we were going to be live on tv in just minutes, so I was trying to multitask as I spoke to this very patient police Sergeant. I'm sorry if this was not the "perfect" interview--I look at social media as an unpolished behind-the-scenes way to communicate more directly with you at home--but I'm really glad that we can all have this conversation and that we can broadcast in real time from the field...from our phones. Thank you for the comments and for watching us!

Posted by Nick McGurk on Wednesday, July 13, 2016