KEY PENINSULA, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 63-year-old man, accused of killing two people on Herron Island on the Key Peninsula.
He was arrested inside a Kent motel. SWAT was called because he refused to come out of the room. When law enforcement got inside, they found him with self-inflicted wounds.
He is in custody at a local hospital in serious condition.
It’s unclear how he knows the 64-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man.
The two were found dead inside a home during a welfare check Thursday evening—after they didn’t show up for work.
Deputies say the two were stabbed to death and believe they were killed within the week.
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