A caller to 9-1-1 requested an ambulance and said he and his friend were going to commit suicide
VANCOUVER – On Wednesday (June 25) at about 3 a.m., Vancouver Police responded to a parking lot near Vancouver Lake in the 8600 block of NW Erwin O. Rieger Memorial Highway.
A caller to 9-1-1 requested an ambulance and said he and his friend were going to commit suicide. Officers located two deceased males, each with a gunshot wound(s).
The Vancouver Police Department Major Crimes Unit is investigating. There is not believed to be any threat to the community.
The Clark County Medical Examiner will release the identity and cause and manner of death.
Nothing additional is releasable at this time.
Information provided by the Vancouver Police Department.
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