{"id":143193,"date":"2023-06-22T08:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=143193"},"modified":"2023-06-21T14:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:53:37","slug":"music-festival-gunman-identified-as-u-s-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=143193","title":{"rendered":"Music festival gunman identified as U.S. Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The gunman accused of shooting people at a Washington state music festival has been identified as James M. Kelley. He is a Soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment. He was booked into jail on two counts of murder, two counts of assault, and one count of domestic violence. Given the domestic violence charge, there may be more to the events that make up this story.<\/p>\n

From the Military Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

James M. Kelly, 26, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord was booked into the Grant County Jail Tuesday on investigation of two counts of murder, two counts of assault and one count of domestic violence assault, Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete said in a Facebook post. Law enforcement officers shot him Saturday and he was being treated at a hospital until Tuesday, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n

The shooting killed two people and wounded two others in an area where people were camping for the Beyond Wonderland electronic dance music festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre.<\/p>\n

The two people killed were Seattle residents Brandy Escamilla, 29, and Josilyn Ruiz, 26, Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison said Tuesday. Escamilla died of a gunshot wound to the head, and Ruiz died from a gunshot wound to her torso, Morrison said. The two were engaged to be married, according to a fundraising campaign by family members.<\/p>\n

Lily Luksich, 20, of Mill Creek, Washington, and 31-year-old Andrew Cuadra of Eugene, Oregon, were shot and wounded, according to the sheriff.<\/p>\n

A private security officer responding to the report of shots fired was struck by a bullet that deflected off her eyeglasses, causing bruising and lacerations, the sheriff said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Military Times<\/a>, the Associated Press<\/a>, and KXLY<\/a> have additional information on this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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