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Authorities in Washington state launched a dragnet for a man considered to be "extremely dangerous" after shootings at multiple locations on the Yakama Reservation left five dead and several arrested.

The Yakama Nation said on Facebook that James Cloud, 35, was sought in connection with the shootings that took place late Saturday around the community of White Swan.

"James is considered armed and extremely dangerous, if you see this subject do not approach him, and call 911," the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation said.

The killings began late Saturday afternoon when three people were found shot to death on Medicine Valley Road near White Swan. An injured person at the Medicine Valley Road location was taken to an area hospital, but died later Saturday, according to Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice.

A fifth body was then discovered in a vehicle on Evans Road near the community that had two other injured people inside, Yakima County Sheriff Robert Udell told KAPP-KVEW.

After the deadly shootings, an armed robbery of a vehicle took place further down Evans Road, but no injuries were reported.

The sheriff's office told the Yakima Herald that the shootings and robbery were all connected with the same suspects.

“Five homicide victims in one incident is very unusual, and the primary crime scene was complex,” Yakima County Sheriff Robert Udell said in a statement to the newspaper.

The killing spree and robberies took place within the external boundaries of the Yakama Nation Reservation, and the Yakama Nation Police Department requested additional law enforcement support from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. The shootings were south of the city of Yakima, which is about two hours southeast of Seattle.

 
An update (dated 11June 2019):

YAKIMA, Wash. – The Latest on the killings on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington state (all times local [PDT]):
2 p.m.
The Yakima County coroner has released the names of four of the five people who were found shot to death on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington state.

The coroner on Tuesday identified the victims as 49-year-old Catherine Eneas; 61-year-old Dennis Overacker; 51-year-old Michelle Starnes; and 36-year-old Thomas Hernandez.

[...]

Two people have been arrested in connection with the slayings.
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11:30 a.m.
Court records say a homeowner told police that two men linked to the killing of five people on an Indian reservation in Washington state approached his residence and briefly took a child hostage at gunpoint before they were captured later.

[...]

Two other people have also been arrested.
Sheriff Robert Udell says some of the victims were known for being involved in illegal drug activities.

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Trial for two men accused in the June 8, 2019, shooting deaths of five people outside White Swan has been rescheduled to February 2022.

James Dean Cloud and Donovan Quinn Carter Cloud were scheduled to face trial Jan. 19 in in U.S. District Court in Yakima. They are accused of killing Dennis Overacker, 61, John Cagle, 59, Michelle Starnes, 51, Catherine Eneas, 49, and Thomas Hernandez, 36, in a shooting rampage west of White Swan on the Yakama Reservation.
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Lindell LaFollette, 60, and Esmerelda Zaragoza were also shot but survived.

On Jan. 15, Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. granted Donovan Cloud’s motion to continue and reset trial for Feb. 28, 2022. He also issued an amended case management order, which sets related deadlines, hearings and requirements.

According to court documents, James Cloud orally agreed to the continuance, “but counsel has been unable to contact him to obtain a statement of reasons in support due to communication restrictions stemming from the pandemic,” Mendoza wrote.

“To date, the Court has not received (James Cloud’s) statement of reasons in support, but because trial is set for next week, the Court will move forward with granting the continuance as previously agreed.”

A superseding indictment was filed in November. The indictment levels charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and brandishing a firearm with intent to commit bodily injury — 19 counts in all — against both men.

The indictment accuses both Clouds of shooting and killing Overacker and Hernandez. The indictment also accuses James Cloud of shooting and killing Cagle, Starns and Eneas and accuses Donovan Cloud of shooting and injuring Zaragoza and LaFollette.

Federal documents say Morris Bruce Jackson and Natasha Mae Jackson were with the Clouds at the time of the shooting. Morris Jackson has been charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Natasha Jackson has yet to be charged in the case.
 
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