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Alleged Gorge shooter hallucinated on mushrooms leading up to shooting, court docs say
June 21, 2023 Updated Wed., June 21, 2023 at 8:24 p.m.
The 26-year-old accused of killing two women and injuring three other people Saturday night near the Gorge Amphitheatre said he was hallucinating on mushrooms and believed the world was ending, according to court documents.
James M. Kelly made his first court appearance Wednesday in Grant County Superior Court, where Judge Anna Gigliotti ordered Kelly be held in jail without bond.
Kelly is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and first-degree assault domestic violence.
The two women killed were Brandy Escamilla, 29, and Josilyn Ruiz, 26, both of Seattle, according to officials. Lily Luksich, 20, of Mill Creek, Washington, and Andrew Cuadra, 31, of Eugene, Oregon, were wounded.
Kelly, an active duty member of the U.S. Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, traveled to the amphitheater with Luksich, his girlfriend, according to documents...
June 21, 2023 Updated Wed., June 21, 2023 at 8:24 p.m.
The 26-year-old accused of killing two women and injuring three other people Saturday night near the Gorge Amphitheatre said he was hallucinating on mushrooms and believed the world was ending, according to court documents.
James M. Kelly made his first court appearance Wednesday in Grant County Superior Court, where Judge Anna Gigliotti ordered Kelly be held in jail without bond.
Kelly is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and first-degree assault domestic violence.
The two women killed were Brandy Escamilla, 29, and Josilyn Ruiz, 26, both of Seattle, according to officials. Lily Luksich, 20, of Mill Creek, Washington, and Andrew Cuadra, 31, of Eugene, Oregon, were wounded.
Kelly, an active duty member of the U.S. Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, traveled to the amphitheater with Luksich, his girlfriend, according to documents...
