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Murder Charges Dropped in Longbranch Shootings

Lisa Bryan, KP News
Cory Nathan Mason, 28, was released from Pierce County jail April 1 after nearly 14 months in custody awaiting trial for two counts of second-degree murder. Mason shot and killed Beth Hamlin-Slawson, 25, and her husband Lukas Slawson, 35, in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, 2018, at the home of Beth’s parents in the 5500 block of Whiteman Road SW in Longbranch.

Mason said he acted in self-defense.

The shooting occurred at 2:30 a.m. outside the home where Mason lived with his 18-year-old girlfriend and her parents, who are also the parents of Beth Hamlin-Slawson, according to prosecuting attorney Kawyne A. Lund’s motion and order for dismissal filed with the Superior Court for Pierce County.

“Washington law on self-defense provides a killing is justified if a defendant reasonably feared imminent death or great personal injury at the time of the killing,” Lund wrote in the court document. “A defendant is entitled to act on what he perceives and at the time believes in good faith and on reasonable grounds, that he or another is in actual danger, even if afterward it was learned he was mistaken as to the extent of danger.”

According to the prosecutor’s office, the confrontation began after a heated exchange of social media messages between Mason and Beth over the purchase of a gun and alleged abuse by Mason of his girlfriend, Beth’s younger sister. The KP News is not naming the sister since she may be the victim of domestic violence.

Beth and her husband, Lukas, drove to the residence and unexpectedly encountered Mason in a car driven by Beth’s mother, Lisa Hamlin.

They aggressively tailgated the car to Lisa’s home, according to prosecutors. A time-stamped surveillance video showed both vehicles rapidly pulling into the driveway and Beth running from her car to the car Mason was in, and confronting him with a sledgehammer.

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Read the rest of the article here: Key Penn News

APD: Stabbing was possibly in self defense

Nicole Maxwell, Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo Police said 55-year-old Peter Rocha was fatally stabbed Tuesday.

Officers and a team with American Medical Response (AMR) responded around 1:40 p.m. to a call at the 2400 block of Stanford Street regarding a man with a stab wound.

Rocha was pronounced dead at the scene.

“This is a personal domestic-related incident between family,” APD Chief Brian Peete said. “We did have one subject in custody but upon preliminary investigation, we decided to release that individual while we conduct more due diligence into what happened.”

This was not a domestic violence incident, but an inter-family incident, Peete said.

“It was not a domestic violence incident. It was just inter-family dynamics that are going on,” Peete said. “It was not a domestic violence incident in the traditional sense.”

Police have said evidence suggests the stabbing was in self-defense.

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The rest of the article may be viewed here: Alamogordo News

Vienna resident kills wild boar

VIENNA — Sam Guranino shot a 200-pound wild boar that was roaming around a neighbor’s property Tuesday night.

Now, Guranino and other residents are expressing concern about the number of invasive animals that may be on the former Candywood Whitetail Ranch and around the township. Guranino said he has seen wild boars on and around his property for about two years.

Because something has been damaging area properties, Guranino set up cameras. They caught images of the wild boars as they moved through the area.

Guranino and a neighbor, Roy Pratt, set up a station to watch for the animals this week and shot one of two they saw coming out from the edge of the woods about 8:30 p.m. on the first night.

“It was the smaller of two boars,” he said.

Pratt is concerned because boars eat plants in gardens by using their tusks to dig up the soft roots.

“That’s beside the fact they’re big scary animals,” Pratt said. “Especially where there are a lot of kids.”

Pratt estimates the larger boar may have been as heavy as 350 pounds.

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The rest of the article may be read here: Tribune Chronicle

If this is a boar, I have a pair of breeding mules for sale.*grin*

As for the crossbow pictured above, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes, use what you have. I total 3 / 0 / ?, with another Trifecta, none inconvenienced, and a dead critter who would look good on a spit. And the weekend is just starting.

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