Jason Pascual, 24, was shot and killed early on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at a home on 201st Avenue Southwest in the Grand Mound area near Centralia. Deputies arrived after a 911 call from Jason’s mother and found him with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen; first responders and fire crews provided aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:27 a.m.

Investigators secured the house and the Washington State Patrol Crime Scene Response Team assisted. Detectives executed search warrants, interviewed family members who were present, and collected evidence. Later that day Jason’s 19-year-old brother, Marc Anthony Pascual, was arrested and booked on suspicion of first-degree manslaughter. Authorities reported inconsistencies in his initial statements and recovered a shell casing, an empty gun case in his sleeping area, and a bullet hole in the wall whose trajectory aligned with the wound.

Bail was set at $500,000 after a Thurston County Superior Court preliminary appearance that found probable cause for first-degree manslaughter with a domestic violence enhancement. Did anyone in the Grand Mound or Rochester area have contact with the Pascual family around that date or information that could help clarify what happened?