A third woman died Friday after a courthouse shooting that killed two of her friends, including a pregnant mail-order bride seeking to escape her soured marriage.
The three women were sitting on a courthouse bench Thursday when a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon.Timothy C. Blackwell, a 47-year-old computer technician, was arrested and booked for inves-ti-ga-tion of murder.
His 25-year-old wife, Susana Remerata Blackwell, had gone to court for an annulment hearing with friends Veronica Laureta and Phoebe Dizon, who were to testify.
Susana Blackwell, who was seven months pregnant, and Dizon, 46, died Thursday. The fetus did not survive. Laureta, 46, died early Friday after brain surgery.
The King County Courthouse reopened Friday with new security measures installed.
Previously, there were metal detectors outside some courtrooms in the downtown building, but not at the two public entrances.
The Blackwells were married in the Philippines two years ago through an international matchmaking service.