A Centralia man was arrested in connection with last week’s fatal shooting at the Rainier Vista Park, the Lacey Police Department announced today.
Lacey police said in a media release that the 19-year-old male suspect was booked into the Thurston County Jail for second-degree murder on Thursday. Officers found him near his home in Centralia.
There are no other outstanding suspects in the case, police said.
Earlier, Lacey police said a man was shot dead on the night of July 3 at Rainier Vista Park following an apparent argument.
Authorities were alerted to gunshots coming from the park’s southern area at about 11 p.m., following the annual July 3 pre-Independence Day fireworks display there.
As officers headed to the area, another caller reported that a man with gunshot wounds in a field outside the park, on the 5400 block of 50th Avenue SE.
Police immediately rendered aid to the man, but he did not make it.
The Thurston County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Jordan Pilbro, 43, of Yelm.
Police say the incident appears to have stemmed from an argument in the neighborhood that later moved into a field near the park.
The southern portion of Rainier Vista Park was temporarily closed as authorities took over the scene.
Witnesses described the suspect as a black male in his 20s wearing all black clothing.
“We’re continuing to interview witnesses,” according to Detective Sgt. Shannon Barnes of the Lacey Police Department. She added that Lacey detectives continue to investigate the incident.
“We’re asking anyone who has not come forward and might have seen what happened, or anyone who might have video from that time to contact us or Crimestoppers,” Barnes added.
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