3-8-2011 Washington:
SPOKANE -- A Spokane man is on life support after being shot in the head after a party over the weekend and court documents show the suspect confessed to the crime.
Investigators have arrested the suspect and have him on a $750,000 bail. Court documents show Robert Startin, 27, confessed to shooting Shane Reilly, 26, in the head.
Investigators said the shooting happened shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday on Sixth and Sunderland. Police responded to a 911 call of an accident to find Reilly injured and bleeding heavily in his truck. He was taken to a hospital where doctors found a bullet hole behind his ear.
Before the shooting, court documents revealed that Startin joined a party at the 600 block of South Woodruff. He did not know any of the people there but one person told him the "big guy" was a child molester. This made Startin mad because Startin said he has a relative who was molested. According to the Spokane County Sex Offender website, Shane Reilly is not listed as a sex offender.
Startin then told people he was going to his apartment to get some booze but instead got his stainless steel .45 caliber Springfield Armory model 1911. Startin said he loaded it, put it in a brown leather holster and took it back to the party.
A short time after rejoining the party, court documents revealed the "big guy" asked Startin if he wanted to go for a ride in his 1962 pickup truck. They drove around the area and then past the party. Shortly after they passed the party, Startin said he pulled out his pistol and shot the "big guy" in the head. The pickup drifted over and crashed into a trailer. Startin said he jumped out, went to his apartment, unloaded his gun, put it in its case and shoved it under his bed.
Shane Reilly's family told KREM 2 News Monday that he will never be off life support.
After learning of the bullet wound in Reilly, patrol officers set up surveillance on Startin's home and detained him when he left about 10:15 a.m. Saturday. He volunteered to accompany detectives to the Public Safety Building.
Detectives interviewed Startin and later booked him into the Spokane County Jail on a first-degree assault charge. ..SOurce.. by KREM.com
March 8, 2011
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2 comments:
I think that the guy that told him the big guy was a child molester should be prosecuted along with the one who pulled the trigger. This is how hate crimes get started.
Wow... so a premeditated intentional shooting in the head at close range with a pistol with intent to kill only gets you First Degree Assault instead of Attempted Murder?
If the victim had been a RSO, would the charges have been even less?
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