Originally published Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:32 PM
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Man kills girl and self in Whatcom County shooting
A man shot and wounded his girlfriend, killed her 14-year-old daughter and then took his own life at a home in Maple Falls.
The Associated Press
A man shot and wounded his girlfriend, killed her 14-year-old daughter and then took his own life at a home in Maple Falls.
Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo did not immediately identify the man. However, The Bellingham Herald says others have identified him as the homeowner, 41-year-old Sean D. Wilson, a Whatcom County planning commissioner.
The sheriff said the woman ran to a neighbor's house to call 911 at 3:19 a.m. Thursday. When deputies arrived at the home about 20 miles northeast of Bellingham they found the bodies of the man and Felicity Boonstra, a student at Mount Baker Junior High. Her mother Rebecca Boonstra was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham and is expected to survive.
Elfo said deputies have been to the home at least once before, in March 2008, for domestic violence.
According to The Herald, a few minutes before the shooting was reported, the girl posted on her Facebook page that it was the third night in a row of yelling and fighting in her home.
"I just want to leave this house and be with my (real) dad," she wrote.
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Information from: The Bellingham Herald, http://www.bellinghamherald.com
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