<p class="speakable">Authorities are investigating after five people were killed Tuesday in a violent stabbing in the middle of a street in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/washington" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Washington state</a>.</p><p class="speakable">The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) confirmed four adult victims were killed in Purdy, along with a 32-year-old male suspect — who has not been publicly identified, FOX 13 Seattle <a href="https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/5-dead-stabbing-key-peninsula-wa" rel="noopener" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p><p>Three of the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide" rel="noopener" target="_blank">victims died</a> at the scene, and a fourth was pronounced dead at the hospital, the outlet reported.</p><p>The suspect was shot by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" rel="noopener" target="_blank">responding deputies</a> and pronounced dead at the scene.</p><p>Officials said the incident unfolded just after 8:45 a.m. local time, when the sheriff's office was called about a man entering a Purdy home in violation of a no-contact order.</p><p>Deputies were on the way to serve the order when multiple witnesses reported a man was "stabbing people" outside the house at about 9:30 a.m., according to the outlet.</p><p>The suspect was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/personal-freedoms/second-amendment" rel="noopener" target="_blank">shot by deputies</a> just three minutes later, authorities said.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-train-passenger-filmed-himself-fatally-stabbing-sleeping-stranger-unprovoked-attack-prosecutors" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING SLEEPING PASSENGER ON CHICAGO TRAIN FILMED HIMSELF CARRYING OUT ATTACK: PROSECUTORS</strong></a></p><p>The Pierce County Force Investigation Team is leading the investigation.</p><p>Pierce County officials did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>Purdy is a small waterfront community near Gig Harbor in western Washington State.</p><p>It is about an hour southwest of Seattle, and roughly 20 minutes northwest of Tacoma.</p><p><i>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.</i></p>