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Social Issue: Homicides
The following news story on the internet is about a homicide in “my own backyard” that could have been averted if friends of the murderer had “said something” after receiving a message from the assailant sharing he would be conducting this shooting.
“Shooter in Issaquah, Mercer Island family murders emailed friends he was ‘sorry’ and they could have his guns, sources confirm
MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Police suspect 45-year-old Mackenzie “Mack” Williams was the shooter in all three of his family members’ deaths, before turning the gun on himself, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the events confirm to KING 5.
KING 5 has exclusive information that Williams, an unemployed computer professional, sent an email to friends just hours before the bodies were found — a message that appeared to foreshadow what was about to happen.
Three hours before police made their discoveries, Williams wrote an email focused on his gun collection, according to sources. In it, he acknowledged that anyone attempting to retrieve his weapons might encounter something traumatic. “If any or all of you want to make some effort to recover my guns and associated property then you are welcome to it,” Williams wrote. “It may require you to go into my house and see some things that you would prefer not to. Just walk away if you don’t want to deal with it.”
Multiple sources confirm police believe Williams shot and killed his wife and his brother in Issaquah, then killed his mother in her home on Mercer Island, before shooting and killing himself.
Williams’ Dec. 30 email went on to say, “My interest is concluded. Sorry to part on these terms. Good luck.”
The memo did not reveal any insight into a motive.”
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