Two families say a court hearing over the sanity of a killer again shows the need to change Washington's mental health laws.

It was one year ago Wednesday when Deputy Anne Jackson was among six people killed in a rampage that spread across Skagit County.

The man accused of killing six people and injuring for others in a shooting rampage near Alger last September was expected to be declared mentally fit to stand trial Monday, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. But Zamora's defense attorney changed...

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The man accused of killing six people in a shooting rampage across Skagit County in September lashed out once again at courtroom officers during a mental competency hearing Thursday.

Court documents unsealed Wednesday say Issac Zamora, who killed six people and injured four others in Skagit County last week, told detectives he was sent to "kill evil."

Officials said the prosecutor's office is expected to file murder charges against Issac Zamora by Friday afternoon, and investigators are wrapping up their evidence collection operations at two of the eight crime scenes involved in Tuesday's rampage.

Isaac Zamora's mother said she has tried to have her son involuntarily committed in the past to no avail. The laws protecting individuals' rights make it extremely difficult to lockup the mentally ill, and this protection has had deadly consequences in the past.

Issac Zamora is being held for investigation of six murders, and more than 100 investigators are still working to piece together the events on Tuesday that left six people dead, four injured, and several communities reeling.