Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy, Allen Myron, Commits Suicide After Fatally Shooting His In-Laws

Pierce County deputy Allen Myron, 49, who was found dead by Tacoma Police Department SWAT team early Saturday morning, is believed to have fatally shot his mother and father-in-law Friday evening.  According to the Seattle Times, his mother-in-law called 911 at 6:48 p.m. Friday, then crawled out of the house and into the woods, the police said. She was then airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she later died. His father-in-law's body was found in the home, which is owned by Allen and his wife, Sara Myron, whose whereabouts are currently unknown.

According to public records, Myron has been with the Sheriff's Department for 11 years. Property records for the house where the shooting occurred show it is owned by Allen and Sara Myron. According to a website for Sara's personal chef's business, she lives in Gig Harbor with her husband and their four children. A friend of the family who asked not to be named said two children are between 18 and 23 and the other two are younger.

Myron had been cleared to come back to work three months ago after being on medical light duty for a year and a half, Troyer said. "This is somebody we've had issues with before," spokesman Ed Troyer told the News Tribune of Tacoma. "The preliminary information is he was cleared to come back to work." In 2007, Myron was given a "Medal of Merit" at an awards ceremony for the sheriff's department, according to The News Tribune.

This is another case of domestic violence and could have been avoided. There seems to have so much rage in this man that led to the untimely deaths of his in-laws. This man was selfish for what he put his family, especially his children through. According to the News Tribune, Allen had locked himself inside a home with his teen-aged children after the shooting. The children later emerged unharmed. I hope these children will get counseling because what they witnessed was very traumatic.