On the night of June 17th, 2023 a deadly shooting was reported at The Gorge Amphitheater at the Beyond Wonderland event in Quincy, WA.
According to the local county sherif’s department 2 deaths occurred along with 3 others being shot- one of which was the suspect who was eventually apprehended.
Shooting occurred at @BeyondWlandPNW at Gorge Amphitheater. Local County sheriff confirmed 5 injured and suspect detained. #beyondwonderland https://t.co/DufinGZWtE
— 6AM 🔜 6.24 Temudo, Modus, & NEKTER (@6AMGroup) June 18, 2023
Local sheriffs confirm 2 deceased from shooting at @BeyondWlandPNW https://t.co/6ieSRaOm7F
— 6AM 🔜 6.24 Temudo, Modus, & NEKTER (@6AMGroup) June 18, 2023
According to posts from Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella, the event was asked to continue by local authorities and eventually the second day was canceled.
After a deadly shooting incident last night @BeyondWlandPNW has cancelled Day 2 of the camping festival. https://t.co/iJT7KPT6va
— 6AM 🔜 6.24 Temudo, Modus, & NEKTER (@6AMGroup) June 18, 2023
Just earlier today it was revealed that it was a Seattle couple that were killed in the incident. According to the Tri City Herald:
“Josilyn Ruiz, 26, and her fiance Brandy Escamilla, 29, both died after being shot according to autopsies conducted at the Grant County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday.”
Read more here.
A Gofund.me has been setup up for Josilyn .
In addition to the reveal of the victims names, more videos emerge to what appears to be the apprehension of the suspect during the festival:
how my weekend at Beyond Wonderland started vs. how it ended.
Fucking sickening to even think of bringing guns to festivals. Get me out of here. #beyondwonderland #thegorge #shooting pic.twitter.com/SsE5UVbBHB— notchina (@notchinaa) June 18, 2023
Potential video of the suspect with a firearm at beyond wonderland gorge amphitheater. Prayers to everyone affected this is some scary shit. pic.twitter.com/xBXhHHZdQA
— The All-American Degenerate (@chiodoss) June 18, 2023
Although these videos have not been officially confirmed it does appear to be recordings of the camp grounds as well as being 2 different angles of the same incident where authorities were involved. Also within the comments multiple news outlets requested to use the videos in their coverage of the deadly shooting.
