On November 22, 2023, a fatal confrontation in the 2000 block of 26th Street in Everett, Washington, left 37-year-old Robert Hamilton dead from a gunshot wound, ruled a homicide by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. The incident began around 3 a.m. when a woman at a nearby residence saw Hamilton and 51-year-old Randy Teall physically fighting near the house’s front porch. Police say Hamilton pushed Teall through a fence and fell on top of him.

The woman tried to intervene and struck Hamilton with a baseball bat. Shortly after, a single gunshot was heard; officers arrived to find Teall standing in the road beside Hamilton, who had been shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. Teall was arrested and booked on investigation of second-degree murder with bail set at $200,000. The police did not clarify the exact nature of Hamilton and Teall’s relationship in initial reports.

If anyone witnessed the altercation or has information about what led up to it, please share what is known with investigators.