Woman fatally shot, boy wounded on East Wenatchee trail

East Wenatchee police say a woman has been shot and killed and a young boy shot in the head along the Apple Capital Recreational Loop Trail.

Detective Darin Darnell says the woman had a 9 mm gun in her hand when police arrived at the scene Monday morning.

The boy was taken to Central Washington Hospital shortly after 9 a.m., and then transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but information on his condition was not immediately available.

Darnell says the shootings appear to be intentional. He says police don't know if anyone else was involved.

Police did not release the victims' identities or say whether they are related, except to say the woman had ties to East Wenatchee.

Police say the shootings were reported after a man walking his dog on the trail said he heard gunshots and a woman's scream.

Police say a handwritten note and identification were found at the shooting scene, but Darnell declined to release details from the note.