26-year-old Josilyn Ruiz and 29-year-old Brandy Escamilla had just moved to Seattle a couple months ago and worked as nurses, their family said. The two were engaged to be married when they were shot to death by 26-year-old James M. Kelly at the music festival.
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EPHRATA Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison has released the identities of the two fatally-shot victims from the Sunday evening shooting at The Gorge Amphitheatre’s campground and Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete has identified the alleged shooter.
“The suspect is 26-year-old James M. Kelly of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He was hospitalized for a gunshot wound and was returned to Grant County today where he is lodged in the Grant County Jail. He is held for investigation of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, and one count of first-degree assault domestic violence,” Kriete said.