Associated Press
WOODLAND — The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says a 35-year-old man suspected of killing three people in ahome near Woodland is in custody.
Authorities said Brent Luyster was arrested without incident Saturday afternoon in the deaths of two men and a woman thenight before. A second woman is hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
The Columbian newspaper reported that Luyster was scheduled for trial Monday in Cowlitz CountySuperior Court on allegations that he pistol-whipped his ex-girlfriend at his Longview home. He pleaded not guilty in Mayto charges of assault, harassment and illegal firearm possession.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Fred Neiman says a woman who was shot in the face drove to a convenience store in Woodland around 10:30p.m. Friday and told deputies she had been shot at a home near Woodland. Neiman says she remains hospitalized.
Members of the sheriff’s office and a regional SWAT team went to the home and found two men dead outside the home and a woman dead inside.
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