ROYAL CITY, Wash. — A homicide suspect was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Grant County on Friday morning, according to the Kittias County Sheriff's Office.
The body of Ismael Garcia, 57, was found concealed in an orchard near Road D SW in Grant County, where the company pickup he drove from the scene of a deadly shooting was abandoned on Thursday night, deputies said.
The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post on Thursday that an Auvil Fruit Company employee was shot and killed while working in the company's orchards shortly before 1 p.m.
A witness identified the shooter as Garcia, who is also an employee at the fruit company, according to the sheriff's office. Garcia was seen leaving in a white 200 Toyota Tacoma and was believed to be armed with a .40 caliber handgun.
Anyone with information on Garcia's location is asked to call 911.
