MOUNT VERNON — Police have identified a Mount Vernon man who was fatally shot on Sunday.
Skagit County Coroner Daniel Dempsey identified the man as 22-year-old Faustino L. Morales. Dempsey said Morales died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Police believe Morales died after a confrontation with another man who said he felt threatened and fired multiple shots at a vehicle after Morales got out of it and began walking toward him with what looked like a shotgun.
Police say the man is cooperating with authorities and has not been arrested.
The Skagit Valley Herald reported prosecutors charged the man’s brother, 27-year-old Tereso Morales-Santos, on Wednesday with being an alien in possession of a firearm.
Police say Morales-Santos was in the car during the shooting.
He remains in jail on $50,000 bail.
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