Washington killer, 3 of 4 victims named

SEATTLE — A coroner in Washington state on Saturday released the identity of a gunman and three of his four victims in what authorities described as a mass shooting and suicide.

David Wayne Campbell, 51, shot and killed himself Friday in front of police who said they tried for more than three hours to get him to surrender, said Mason County Coroner Wes Stockwell.

In an outbuilding on the remote, wooded property near Belfair, southwest of Seattle, authorities found four bodies, including those of Campbell’s wife of six years, Lana Carlson, 49, and her sons, Quinn, 16, and Tory, 18.

Stockwell said he was withholding the identity of the fourth victim pending notification of relatives.

On Friday morning, Campbell called a police officer and reported that he had shot his family.

For 3½ hours, a sheriff’s office sergeant tried to persuade the man to surrender, but he finally walked outside and shot himself, the office said.

A 12-year-old girl escaped the house and survived. She was not shot but was taken to a hospital for observation, authorities said.

AP/TED S. WARREN Ryan Spurling (right), of the Mason County, Wash., sheriff’s office, escorts Adeline Peebles and a child away from the scene of a fatal shooting Friday near Belfair.