One of the few courthouses in the state without detection devices. Beeper on Hoquiam area 154.695
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According to The Olympian's news partner, KIRO 7:
Police have a house in Montesano surrounded after a judge was stabbed and a corrections officer shot at a courthouse in Montesano.
Police said that after receiving a call about a suspicious person at the courthouse, a female corrections officer from the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office approached the person and a confrontation began.
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Richard Thompson said during the confrontation, a superior court judge was stabbed in the neck and the corrections officer was shot in the shoulder.
The attacker then ran from the courthouse and a massive, multi-agency manhunt ensued.
It is not known if the suspect had a gun or if the corrections officer’s weapon was used.
The conditions of the victims is not known.
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