UPDATED, 7/18 Breaking News: Shooting at Lake Sammamish State Park, 7/17, 9:38 AM

KING NEWS, UPDATED 7/18, 7:38 AM.  VIDEO & ARTICLE:   Shooting at Lake Sammamish State Park

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Updated,   Q-13 FOX NEWS:  7/17 10:03 pm  Lake Sammamish - A beautiful summer evening is shattered when two people were killed and another injured by gunfire at Lake Sammamish State Park tonight.

Sheriff's deputies and other police agencies are investigating and looking for possible suspects.
Investigators are looking for suspects -- who are apparently still on the loose.

We're told this happened inside park boundaries, which is packed with families on a beautiful summer day like today.The state patrol and Issaquah Police are assisting with the search and the investigation.

 

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Updated,  KING 5 NEWS:  ISSAQUAH, Wash. 7/17, 10:05 pm - Two people have been killed in what appears to be a gang-related shooting at Lake Sammamish State Park.

According to the Washington State Patrol, dispatchers received a call from a park ranger about multiple shots fired in the park at around 9 p.m. According to the Patrol shots could be heard during the park ranger's call.

The Patrol says two are dead and there are at least five injured.  The Patrol believes it is gang related.

The park is in lock down, nobody is getting in or out.

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MOBILE VIDEO of interview with the Sheriff. 7/17 10:09 pm  -- canine search, some suspects possibly still at large

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Updated,   Q13 FOX NEWS:  7/17, 10:48 pm  VIDEO, 2 dead, 4 injured. 

UPDATED: Beloved 31-year old Redmond resident found dead in Perrigo Park

Benjamin Lewis May passed away suddenly last week in Perrigo Park when in a depressive mental state.   Many remember their beloved Ben for his smile and for making people laugh (read memorial notes).  Ben moved from North Carolina to Redmond, WA to be with Nichole Almond.  His Memorial is in Perrigo Community Park on the wooden fence in the upper lot.   Pictures, candles, flowers, a Peace Booklet, prayers & thoughts from loved ones, and colored pens are left for friends and passersby to write a note or prayer.  CLICK on the photos to read the notes and prayers.   

I met this Redmond couple and their baby last week in tears at Ben's memorial.  They knew Ben from Wake Forest college days.   The mother wrote on the Memorial:  “Ben, I still remember you as a scrawny freshman…” and the father added ”(and Sadie)”.

Ben May, is a 2001 graduate of Wake Forest University, moved to Seattle in 2008 and worked as a data management analyst at Starbucks Coffee Co. from March 2008 to June 2009, according to the article by the Davidison News.  The News said Ben was the son of Jamie May, a longtime administrator at Davidison College who now lives in Chapel Hill. ~ Bob

Read the Seattle Times brief & comments 

Read Ben's Davidson, N.C. home town news story

"In Memoriam of Ben May" Facebook Group (over 2,000 members - mostly from Ben's hometown areas)

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Re-Posted By Bob Yoder

Photos By Yoder

Thanks to one of my readers (Mike) for the notification.

Ben's story has attracted over two thousand visitors to Redmond Blog from all over the country.