Woman killed in random shooting was working toward dream career as firefighter paramedic
VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV Staff) The 20-year-old Vancouver woman killed in a random shooting at her workplace was also a volunteer emergency medical technician with dreams of being a firefighter paramedic.
Liliya Zagariya was shot Tuesday by 58-year-old Douglas Moore while working as a concierge for PeaceHealth at a medical office building adjacent from the hospital.
Police said there appears to be no connection between the two and the shooting was random.
After shooting Zagariya, Moore turned the gun on himself. Both died in the hospital from their wounds.
Volunteer EMT, 20, is shot dead by 58-year-old man who then turned the gun on himself at a Washington state medical office in what cops believe was a random attack
Liliya Zagariya, 20, was fatally shot in the chest as she worked at the front desk at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington
Police say the shooter, 58-year-old Douglas Moore, killed himself; there s nothing to suggest victim and gunman knew each other
Zagariya was a certified volunteer EMT who was just weeks away from entering fire academy to become a paramedic
[This story has been updated, Dec.24]
Liliya Zagariya, a 20-year-old volunteer emergency medical technician with dreams of becoming a paramedic, was working at a Vancouver medical office Tuesday afternoon when a man walked in, shot her in the chest and then turned the weapon on himself.
Zagariya, of Vancouver, was known as âLilyâ by Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters, died of her wounds, as did the man, identified by the Clark County Medical Examinerâs Office as Douglas Moore, 58, of Vancouver.
Her death was ruled a homicide and his a suicide.
The attack appears to have been random.
âAt this time, there is no information that the two were known to one another,â the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement Wednesday. âThe incident appears random in nature.â