3 more shooting victims identified

Detectives today expect to wrap up their investigation in the rural Skagit County community of Alger, where five of six people were killed during a bloody rampage Tuesday.

Snohomish County sheriff's Chief Kevin Prentiss, who is overseeing much of the criminal investigation as part of a multicounty task force, said detectives in Alger faced the most complicated crime scene he has seen in his nearly 20 years in law enforcement. Police searched in and around seven different homes in Alger after a gunman killed five residents, including Skagit County sheriff's deputy Anne Jackson, and injured two others. Police say the suspect then led police on a chase on Interstate 5, where he killed a motorist and wounded two others, including a State Patrol trooper, before he was arrested in Mount Vernon.

Law-enforcement officials have been tight-lipped about the criminal investigation, including where the suspect obtained the gun or guns used in the shootings. Deputies on Thursday also refused to say whether Jackson had been disarmed by the gunman.

Many of the details about what happened are expected to be released today when the suspect, Isaac Zamora, 28, is charged in Skagit County Superior Court, said Sgt. Robert Goetz, of the Everett Police Department. The Alger man is being held in lieu of $5 million bail on six counts of investigation of first-degree murder and two counts of investigation of attempted first-degree murder.

Charging papers are expected to explain what detectives believe happened during the rampage.

The Skagit County Coroner's Office has identified those slain: Jackson, 40; Chester Rose, 58, of Alger; David Radcliffe, 57, of Clear Lake, Skagit County; Greg Gillum, 38, of Mount Vernon; Julie Binschus, 48, of Alger; and LeRoy Lange, 64, of Methow, Okanogan County.

Injured are Trooper Troy Giddings and Binschus' husband, Fred. Both were shot.

Dennise Zamora, the suspect's mother, said her son had been entering neighbors' homes throughout much of Tuesday. She said that when Rose called to say that he was inside his home, Dennise Zamora told him to call police.

Jackson responded to the Zamora home at 2:50 p.m. Dennise Zamora sent the deputy up to Rose's house.

Fellow deputies, becoming concerned when Jackson hadn't checked in more than an hour later, showed up at the scene and found Jackson and Rose dead at Rose's house. They reported they were under fire at the home.

Gillum's family said Thursday they understood that Zamora "ran down the street"' after shooting Jackson and Rose and confronted Gillum and Radcliffe. After shooting the two men, Zamora took Radcliffe's pickup to escape, Gillum's family said.

The family added that they hope the tragedies will be more fully explained, perhaps by the suspect himself.

"I would hope he'll give us some peace of mind and let us know what happened," said Brigid Gillum, Greg Gillum's sister-in-law. "We want the facts to come out."

George Johnston, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab in Seattle, said they are awaiting the arrival of firearms, copies of fingerprints, possibly DNA and other evidence. He said that about a dozen State Patrol scientists have been in Skagit County helping with the case.

On Thursday, deputy Jackson's family issued a statement expressing their grief. They said that Jackson was "committed to her work in the finest sense."

"We know that she knew and had offered her personal help to the family of the man who committed this terrible act, because she had experienced the pain of a similar mental affliction suffered by her own brother. The sorrows and tragedies of mental illness affect the health of the whole community. We wish to make it clear that we hold no animosity toward Isaac Zamora or his family," the statement read.

Jennifer Sullivan: 206-464-8294 or jensullivan@seattletimes.com