Liliya Zagariya, a 20-year-old volunteer emergency medical technician with dreams of becoming a paramedic, was working at a Vancouver medical office Tuesday afternoon when a man walked in, shot her in the chest and then turned the weapon on himself.
Zagariya, known as “Lili” by Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters, died of her wounds, as did the man, identified by the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office as Douglas Moore, 58, of Vancouver.
Her death was ruled a homicide and his a suicide.
The attack appears to have been random.
“At this time, there is no information that the two were known to one another,” the Vancouver Police Department said in a statement. “The incident appears random in nature.”
Police have not yet said why Moore was at the Medical Center Physician’s Building at 505 N.E. 87th Ave., just north of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, or what may have precipitated the shooting.
PeaceHealth Southwest offers numerous services in the building, including the Vision Center, Oncology and Infusion, Maternal Fetal Medicine, PeaceHealth Medical Group Family Medicine and Sleep Disorders Clinic.
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