FEDERAL WAY—
A funeral mass for Carol Parsons, the mother of three murdered at a church last week, has been set for Saturday at 11am at St. John the Baptist Church in Covington.The church is located at 25810 156th Avenue SE.
Investigators say 41-year-old Charles Parsons pointed his gun at the marriage counselor first, telling him not to move, before firing at least six shots into his wife's body.
Carol Parsons family has asked donations for Carol's children be made to Bank of America under Parsons Children Memorial Fund.
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Just-released court documents describe a terrifying scene of rage and terror at a Federal Way Church as a man shot and killed his wife during a marriage counseling session -- in an attack in which the marriage counselor also feared for his life.
Police say the gunman, 41-year-old Charles Parsons of Lakewood pointed his gun at the marriage counselor first, telling him not to move, before firing at least six shots into his wife's body.
The shooting took place Wednesday, one floor below a daycare center at the church and there were children upstairs at the center when the fatal shots rang out.
The victim, a 38-year-old Lakewood woman who is a mother of three children, was transported to Harborview and later died from her injuries.
According to the Certification for Determination of Probable Cause filed today by the King County Prosecutor's Office, the marriage counselor thought he was also going to die when Parsons first pointed the gun at him, then turned the .45 calibor handgun on his wife and began firing.
The counselor told police he was in extreme fear and thought he was going to lose his life.
The document also states Parson's wife, 38-year-old Carol Parsons, was shot in the left arm four times, in an apparent attempt to protect herself from the gunfire.
The couple had been married for 12 years and have three young children, but they divorced about a year ago.
The statement also indicates Charles Parsons wanted to reconcile with his wife, but she did not and was dating someone else. The document states the husband started the counseling session Wednesday afternoon, by telling the counselor and his wife that they would "get down to the nitty gritty today."
During the session Parsons asked his wife if she was going to continue seeing her "boyfriend". When she refused to end her relationship with the other man, walked across the room to his coat and retrieved the gun.
After the shooting, Parsons placed the gun on the hood of his truck, called 911 and lay on the ground until police arrived.
Carol Parsons had been living in Maple Valley with her parents and the kids.
A friend of Charles Parsons says the accused shooter had called him and another friend just a few hours before the shooting and nothing seemed to be wrong.
