Zamora's lawyer: Ignore guilt claims

MOUNT VERNON — A lawyer for the man charged in a Skagit County shooting rampage that left six dead says people shouldn't put much stock in his client's claims of guilt.

Skagit County public defender Keith Tyne said today that it's "abundantly clear" that Isaac Zamora has significant mental-health issues that will be a major feature in the case.

Zamora was charged this week with 20 felony counts — among them, six counts of aggravated first-degree murder, which could bring the death penalty.

The Skagit Valley Herald reported that Zamora said "guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty" as he entered Skagit County Superior Court on Tuesday. He cursed Judge Mike Rickert as the charges were read, and answered, "Who knows these days?" when asked to confirm his age.

Zamora is charged in the deaths of Deputy Anne Jackson, 40; Chester Rose, 58; Julie Binschus, 48; Greg Gillum, 38; David Radcliffe, 58; and Leroy Lange, 64. Prosecutors also charged him with six counts of attempted murder, including the shooting of a State Patrol trooper.

Zamora's Oct. 9 arraignment could be postponed, Tyne said Wednesday.