About 12 hours before Aleksandr Shablykin allegedly killed his mother and three other people near Gig Harbor, police officers went to his sister’s house in Orting, Pierce County, and talked about the suspect’s mental state, body camera footage obtained by The Seattle Times shows.
The suspect’s sister, Anastasia Shablykina, and her partner called 911 the night of Feb. 23 after they asked Shablykin to leave because he had stopped taking medication for bipolar disorder. Anastasia’s partner, Robert Knowles, said in an interview last week that Shablykin had been staying in their garage for about 10 months.
The video sheds more light on the family’s concerns over the suspect’s mental health. In it, Anastasia Shablykina and Knowles appear mostly calm, with no way of knowing what was going to happen. While they were worried, Knowles said Shablykin hasn’t done anything wrong” and he didn’t seem suicidal…