2 Dead and 3 Hurt—Including Suspected Shooter—at Washington State Music Festival

2 Dead and 3 Hurt—Including Suspected Shooter—at Washington State Music Festival
Grant County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Foreman speaks during a news conference on June 18, 2023, about the shooting a day prior near Gorge Amphitheater, Wash. Grant County Sheriff's Office
The Associated Press
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GEORGE, Wash.—Two people were killed and three others injured after police said a shooter began firing “randomly” into a crowd at a Washington state campground that was hosting people attending a nearby music festival on Saturday night, police said.

Authorities received the first report of the shooting shortly before 8:30 p.m. at the camping area a few hundred yards from the Gorge Amphitheater, where thousands of people were attending an electronic dance music festival, said Kyle Foreman, public information officer with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. The Gorge is near the small city of George, about 150 miles east of Seattle.