Editor's note: the following is a press release issued Sunday afternoon by Mount Rainier National Park staff. There had been no update as of 8 p.m. Media reports indicate the suspect is 24-year-old Benjamin Colton Barnes, also wanted in a Sunday morning shooting in the Seattle suburb of Skyway. The Rainier incident is on the south side of the mountain, not the side accessed by Enumclaw or state Route 410.
Park Ranger Margaret Anderson, 34, was fatally shot this morning at Mount Rainier National Park. After a driver failed to pull over during a routine traffic stop Ranger Anderson set up a road block to intercept the driver. The assailant got out of his vehicle and shot Ranger Anderson and then fled on foot. It took 90 minutes for back up to reach Ranger Anderson because the assailant continued shooting at law enforcement as they arrived. Visitors at the Paradise area are in lock down at the Jackson Visitor Center along with park staff. The shooter is still at large. Park staff are being assisted in the search for the shooter by Pierce County Sherriff’s Department, Washington State Patrol, and the FBI.
Bill's Note: I hope that it's just a quirk of code, but having a banner for a funeral home over the story is way uncool.
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