Lacey Police investigating fatal shooting at motel Tuesday night

Lacey police officers were dispatched just before midnight Tuesday to reports of a gunshot victim at a Super 8 motel on College Street.

According to police, officers were informed the person who called had a gun and was suicidal. When police arrived at the motel, they found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia with life-threatening injuries.

Police confirmed both victims are from out of state, but they are waiting to release any more identifying information.

Police are continuing to investigate this incident.

This story was originally published November 11, 2021 at 7:33 AM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription