Police: Body found at US park is that of gunman

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74. did he have a restraining order against him?

According to the linked news report:

The mother of his toddler daughter sought a temporary restraining order against him, according to court documents.

... In November 2011, a guardian ad litem recommended parenting and communication classes for both parents as well as a visitation schedule for Barnes until he completed evaluations for domestic violence and mental health and complied with treatment recommendations.

Maybe there is something clearer available to indicate whether an order had actually been made. If one was made, why was nothing done to remove his firearms?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017153774_skyway04m.html?prmid=4939

Records show he'd struggled in high school and had been kicked out of his beloved Army — a loss that fed an obsession with guns, according to one acquaintance.

He lost his girlfriend to his erratic, threatening behavior and a close Army friend to suicide. He was under court order to be supervised when he visited his infant daughter.

... Barnes spent two years and seven months in the service ... . But he was discharged from the Army in 2009 after an arrest for driving under the influence and illegal transportation of a private weapon.

http://www.rentonreporter.com/news/136624058.html

About nine people were at the party. At some point, there was a “show and tell” of guns and at midnight New Year's Day at least two people fired multiple rounds into the air, according to West.

Just before 3 a.m. one of the men the party asked to see a gun belonging to another person. He refused to give back the gun when asked and a shootout started involving at least two people. Barnes was one of those who pulled a gun and fired.

Barnes and two other subjects left the house after the shooting. ...

This shooting into the air at New Year's seems to be quite the, er, fad. But I'm sure it's still one of those "rare" things.

No restraining order that I'm seeing; proceedings were apparently still ongoing. I'm sure seeing some risk factors that contraindicate firearms possession, though!

And you betcha that obsession with guns is one of 'em.