MOUNT VERNON, WA. – (KGMI.com) One teen suspect is dead and another is in custody after an attempted home invasion in Mount Vernon over the weekend.
Mount Vernon Police Lt. Mike Moore says officers were called to a home near Harriet Rowley Elementary School early Saturday morning.
Witnesses said that at least two teen males entered the home with weapons in search of a specific person.
A fight broke out and left a 16-year-old Burlington male suspect severely injured.
He later died at Skagit Valley Hospital.
A second suspect, a 15-year-old male from Mount Vernon, was taken into custody and booked into the Skagit County Juvenile Detention Center.
Four occupants of the house sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the attack is not believed to be a random act of violence.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has more information is asked to call their 24-hour dispatch information number or the Mount Vernon Police Department.
24-hour dispatch: 360-428-3211
Mount Vernon Police: 360-336-6271
