Donald Donnie Duckworth, 66, was shot to death at a job site on High School Road on Bainbridge Island in August 2018 while working to drill a well for a homeowner. Responding officers found him with numerous bullet wounds; investigators later described the attack as a premeditated execution.

Detectives focused on Brian Andrew Glaser, 31, a former employee of Duckworth’s pump and well drilling business, after family members said there was bad blood between the men over a workplace injury Glaser claimed to have suffered. Witnesses placed a truck like Glaser’s at the scene, his fingerprints were found on a vehicle at the property, and investigators say he led them to the handgun and to 16 buried shell casings. Glaser was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Prosecutors said Glaser stalked Duckworth to the secluded work site, waited until he was alone and opened fire with a full magazine; during the trial he reportedly showed no remorse. In May 2019 Glaser was convicted of first-degree murder and the next month received a sentence of more than 31 years.