On September 2, 2008, Chester Rose, a 58-year-old White construction manager from Alger, Washington, was shot and killed at his home. Rose was the first civilian victim in a violent rampage that began after a neighbor, 28-year-old Isaac Zamora, was reported for trespassing by his own mother. Before police arrived, Zamora broke into a nearby residence and stole a rifle and a handgun. Skagit County Sheriff’s Deputy Anne Jackson, who had come to deliver a witness statement form related to the trespassing report, was ambushed and killed by Zamora; he then proceeded to kill Chester Rose.

The rampage did not end with Rose. Zamora went on to kill four additional people in the Alger area and along Interstate 5 and wounded several others before a high-speed pursuit ended when he drove to the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office and surrendered. Zamora was arrested and later pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including aggravated murder; he also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the killings of Rose and Deputy Jackson and was sentenced to life without parole. Does anyone have memories of Chester Rose or information about that day in Alger that could add detail to the timeline?