Joseph Mark Lamar, a 38-year-old Caucasian man, was killed on July 15, 2016, at a rural residence near Woodland, Washington. He and Zachary David Thompson were found side by side in the gravel driveway with gunshot wounds to the head; Janell Renee Knight was found dead on the living room couch with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. A fourth person, Breanne Leigh, survived after being shot in the face by playing dead and then crawling to a nearby convenience store to summon help.

Shell casings believed to be from a .45-caliber handgun were recovered at the scene. The suspect, Brent W. Luyster, 35, was located and taken into custody the next day on Ocean Beach Highway west of Longview. Reports link the killings to Luyster’s anger over pending felony charges in an unrelated case.

Are there readers who knew Joseph Mark Lamar or who can add details about his life or the community’s response to this violence?