ARLINGTON – A 63-year-old Arlington man is dead after shooting his wife then turning the gun on himself 6 1/2 hours later.
SWAT team negotiators tried for several hours to get him to come out of the house and surrender, police reports say.
At about 11:30 p.m. the man ended the telephone conversation and a single bang was heard inside the residence.
Everett/sheriff SWAT was able to confirm through the use of a robot that the man had self-inflicted a fatal single shot wound.
At about 5:06 p.m. Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies responded to the 23600 block of Highway 9 to a report from the wife that she had been shot by her husband.
She was transported to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett for treatment, where she was listed in stable condition.
