Tragic Quadruple Homicide: Son’s Chilling Threat Becomes Reality, Claiming Lives of Mother and Three Others in Shocking Attack

A 32-year-old man from Washington state is accused of fatally stabbing his 52-year-old mother and then killing three other women who attempted to intervene, authorities report.

The suspect, identified as Aleksandr Aleksandro Shablykin, was shot and killed by a Pierce County sheriff’s deputy during the incident, according to the agency’s statement. The victims were named as Shablykin’s mother, Zoya Anatolyevna Shabliykina, and three local residents: Joanne Kathleen Brandani, 59, Stephanie Killilea, 67, and Louise Sandra Talley, 81.

The Pierce County Coroner’s Office confirmed that all four victims succumbed to “multiple sharp force injuries.”

The tragic events unfolded shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday at a residence located in the 14000 block of 87th Avenue Ct. NW in Gig Harbor, approximately 50 miles southwest of Seattle. Authorities were initially responding because Shablykin had arrived at the home in violation of a restraining order. Since the order was not officially in effect, as it had not been served, deputies were en route to deliver it around 9:30 a.m.

During this time, multiple eyewitnesses called 911, reporting that Shablykin was attacking several individuals with a knife. Upon arrival, a deputy encountered Shablykin actively stabbing victims and subsequently discharged his weapon. Paramedics declared Shablykin and three of the victims deceased at the scene, while the fourth victim passed away at the hospital.

Local NBC affiliate KING reported that Shabliykina obtained a yearlong restraining order against her son last May. She wrote that her son had been suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues. He allegedly threatened her and said that her “grave has been already dug up.”

It’s unclear if this was the restraining order cops were serving or if it was a separate one.

Shablykin’s sister and Shabliykina’s daughter Anastasiya Shabliykina told KING that the suspect had not been taking his bipolar medication.

“That was not my brother that did that … It was something else, something evil,” she told KING.

Anastasiya Shabliykina’s partner Robert Knowles said in an interview with The Seattle Times that they were trying to get to the Gig Harbor home after her mother texted her to say the suspect had “taken over the house.” While driving there they heard what the suspect had done to his mother.

“Please, no, no, not that,” Knowles remembered saying.

The family has started a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs. The description says the incident was “rooted in mental health struggles.”

“This devastating event has left them not only grieving the loss of two cherished family members, but also coping with the trauma experienced by three neighbors who selflessly tried to help when they heard cries for help,” the GoFundMe said.

KING reports the three neighbors had strong ties to the Gig Harbor community. Brandani and Killilea were commissioners with the Gig Harbor Arts Commission while Talley was a volunteer with Visit Gig Harbor, per the TV station.