Man suspected of shooting his brother in East Pierce County turns himself in

Sheriff’s investigators searched East Pierce County Tuesday, after a man apparently shot his brother during a dispute at their Burnett-area home.

Sheriff’s spokesman Gary Sanders said the father drove the injured brother about 11:30 a.m. to a store in the 14200 block of state Route 165, south of Buckley, to get help.

Someone called 911, and the injured man was taken to a hospital, where Sanders said he was in surgery Tuesday afternoon. Sanders noted the man had been stable, conscious and talking after the shooting.

The sheriff’s SWAT team searched for the suspected gunman, and shortly after 2 p.m. Sanders said the man had turned himself in at his home, near the store.

Sanders said he believed both brothers lived at the home, and that the suspect fled the house after the shooting, eventually came back, then turned himself in.

This story was originally published January 16, 2018 at 2:21 PM with the headline "Man suspected of shooting his brother in East Pierce County turns himself in."