A man shot and killed an Eastern State Hospital employee in the hospital’s parking lot early Saturday morning. A Spokane County sheriff’s office deputy then shot and killed the suspect, according to the sheriff’s office.

The shooter, who made wild statements about aliens and an army coming, may have been involved in a brush fire and firing shots inside a Medical Lake home leading up to the fatal shooting, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Firefighters responded shortly after midnight to a brush fire in the 200 block of Highway 902, according to the release. A caller reported talking to a man who made statements mentioning aliens. Firefighters asked deputies to respond because of a man who was yelling and acting aggressively, but the man left before deputies arrived, the sherif

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