MMA fighter Eilers shot to death in Idaho

Published 10:45 pm Friday, December 26, 2008

Mixed martial arts fighter Justin Mark Eilers was shot to death during a domestic disturbance, police said Friday. He was 30.

Eilers, a resident of Boise, Idaho, was identified Friday as the victim of the Christmas night shooting in southwestern Idaho. Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said Eilers died of a single gun shot wound to the chest. The death was ruled a homicide.

James Robert Malec, 48, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder. Canyon County sheriff’s office deputy Gary Deulen said the investigation is ongoing, but described the shooting as a domestic disturbance.