MILL CREEK – The man who died early Sunday outside a Mill Creek-area Halloween party apparently was struggling with the gunman before the fatal shot was fired, according to a police report filed today in Everett District Court.
Police on Sunday arrested an Ellensburg man, 22, in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Kirkland man.
Witnesses identified the victim as Christopher Chandler.
Witnesses told police Chandler was leaving a party in the 16400 block of 36th Avenue SE just before 1 a.m. Chandler drove up on a fight and got out of his car, court documents said.
One man had a handgun. Chandler wrestled with the man and blows were exchanged. The man with the gun was knocked down and fired a shot as he fell to the ground, the documents said.
Chandler died at the scene. Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies arrested the Ellensburg man at the party. A large-caliber handgun also was recovered.
The Ellensburg man was jailed for investigation of second-degree murder. He is expected to go before a judge later today.
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