A family visit in Lebam, Washington, ended in deadly violence on September 10, 2022. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew Delgado and his younger brother Gabriel were at their mother’s home on State Route 6 working on a shed when a verbal dispute about their pasts in California escalated into a physical fight. After being separated, Gabriel went inside, took a 9mm handgun from their mother’s purse, and opened fire toward the shed where Andrew and his wife, Danielle Messer, were. Messer was grazed by a bullet and the couple fled in their car, which was struck by gunfire.

Andrew and Danielle later returned and parked across the highway. Andrew crossed the lawn to retrieve tools when Gabriel fired three shots from inside the house, shattering a front window; one bullet struck Andrew in the head. Their mother, Rose Rascon, attempted CPR, but Andrew was pronounced dead at the scene. Gabriel Delgado was found at the residence and taken into custody; he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and first-degree assault. Andrew’s widow later filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging their mother’s negligence for allowing a convicted felon access to her firearm.

Are there details about the confrontation or the events that day that anyone in the area can add?