KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — A man arrested Sunday is accused of killing two people in a Kitsap County addiction recovery home and injuring two others.
Two people inside the residence called 911 Sunday at 8:45 p.m. claiming multiple people were stabbed and the suspect was still inside the home in the 9000 block of Central Valley Road in Bremerton.
Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a Washington State Patrol trooper responded. They found the suspect, who was also a resident of the home, crawling away in the brush near the home holding a butcher knife, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies searched the home and found an unidentified woman and a 51-year-old central Kitsap man who were dead and two other men who were injured. Those two men were flown to local trauma centers with serious, life-threatening injuries.
The suspect – a 29-year-old Bellevue man – was taken to the St. Michael’s Medical Center to be treated for minor injuries. He was booked into the Kitsap County jail on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder and first-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
The Kitsap County coroner will determine the cause and manner of death for the two victims who died.
A community held a vigil for Bill Foust Monday night. While investigators have not identified him, his friends told KING 5 he was one of the people fatally stabbed Sunday night.
“He’s a caring guy, always willing to help and be there for anyone and everyone,” said Bill’s friend Jason Parsons.
A community is trying to wrap their minds around losing Foust. He is described as a pillar in the recovery community and the area’s clean and sober softball league.
“He would always be motivating anybody that lived in the house and loved them and took pride in each and every person,” said Parsons.
“You can call any day, any time and he’d pick up and talk to you. He started every game with a prayer and ended every game with a prayer,” said Mikey Young, a friend of Bill’s.
Twenty-four hours after their friend was taken too soon, the community wrapped their arms around one another.
“We’re surrounding ourselves with people in recovery and surrounding ourselves with each other and living love off of that because that’s all we can do right now for him,” said Young.
While Bill’s friends are honoring him, they want others to do what Bill would do.
“To just love one another because that’s who he was, he was a loving guy,” Young said.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Kitsap County Sheriff's Detective Tiffany Dobbins at (360) 337-5614 or email at KCSODetectives@kitsap.gov. Refer to Case Number K23-001913.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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