1 dead, 1 injured, law enforcement shooting reported following standoff in East Bremerton

A law enforcement shooting was reported at a location on Forest Drive in East Bremerton where a homicide suspect had been barricaded early Friday morning, and the suspect was reported dead, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. A woman was also taken to an area hospital with gunshot wounds.

The woman suffered a critical injury and was airlifted to an area hospital, said Kitsap County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Kevin McCarty.

How the morning played out and the circumstances surrounding the homicide that the suspect was accused of committing were not immediately known. No law enforcement officers were injured, the sheriff's office said in a social media post.

The sheriff's office reported that there had been an "officer involved shooting" at the location of a SWAT callout on Forest Drive, off Sylvan Way, after law enforcement from several jurisdictions sought to take a homicide suspect into custody. The suspect, who had been barricaded in a garage at that location, was declared dead. Law enforcement from Kitsap County, Pierce County, the Washington State Patrol and the FBI were at the scene.

McCarty said that Pierce County investigators had come to the residence on Forest Drive early Friday morning to serve a warrant for a wanted homicide suspect who was believed to be at that location. McCarty said the suspect, a man, fired shots throughout the morning and was barricaded in a garage.

Sgt. Darren Moss, a spokesperson for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, declined to comment on the original homicide and referred a reporter to the Kitsap Critical Incident Response Team, which will investigate the shooting.

Roads were blocked in the East Bremerton neighborhood as law enforcement were brought to the area Friday morning, the sheriff's office said. Shots were reportedly fired at about 3:40 a.m. According to a social media post from the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, the suspect fired shots at law enforcement through the morning.

Mountain View Middle School, approximately one mile away from the scene, was placed on a modified lockdown, the start of school was delayed at View Ridge Elementary, which is also south of Sylvan Way but several blocks to the west, and neighbors were asked to shelter in place.