5 In Custody In Medical Marijuana Home Invasion

Police have five suspects in custody in connection with a home-invasion robbery at the Kirkland home of a medical marijuana activist.

The sheriff's office on Tuesday morning said all five suspects sought in the case are in custody in the incident early Monday morning.

Steve Sarich, a medical marijuana provider, was asleep inside when his dogs started barking at around 3:30 a.m. When he went outside to investigate he saw a man with a gun.

"The guy pulled out a gun as if he was going to shoot me. I fired and shot at him," Sarich said.

The man he shot is at Harborview Medical Center in intensive care.

Sarich was also wounded when one suspect fired a shotgun at him and pellets hit his face and arm.

Later in the day, narcotic agents served a search warrant and went into Sarich's home, looking for drugs.

King County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart said deputies found 385 marijuana plants along with marijuana products such as butter, baked goods and paraphernalia.

Sarich told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News he thinks he may be arrested. Urquhart said deputies have no plans to arrest him, but will forward their findings to the prosecutor's office.

Sarich runs CannaCare, an organization that provides marijuana plants to patients. He said Tuesday morning that he does not flower marijuana plants at his house, but runs his grow operation like a nursery. He says many of the plants there were new cuttings and likely had not yet developed roots.