Investigators: Shooting at Wash. state park that left 2 dead, 4 wounded stemmed from argument

Shooting at Wash. state park stemmed from argument

SEATTLE — Investigators say a shooting at a state park near Seattle that left two dead and four wounded stemmed from an argument between two groups of people, one of which was celebrating a birthday party.

King County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Uruquhart said Sunday the two people killed during the shooting late Saturday at Lake Sammamish State Park were a 33-year-old man from Kent, Wash., and a 30-year-old man from Seattle.

Urquhart says one of the men was found with a gun on his body. Their names were not released.

The violence erupted near the edge of the lake between two groups of people who were about 50 to 75 yards apart. Lake Sammamish State Park is about 20 miles east of downtown Seattle.

Urquhart says investigators at the scene have recovered four guns and at least 20 spent shell casing.

He says six people were taken into custody, but no one has been booked into jail.