BELLINGHAM, Washington (AP) – A Bellingham man accused of taking pictures and killing a 27-year-old man in a tent camp behind Walmart earlier this month has pleaded not responsible of the homicide.
Travis Hamilton was tried in Whatcom County Superior Courtroom on Sept. 10 for second diploma homicide within the taking pictures of Scott Dobson, the Bellingham Herald reported.
Dobson’s dying has been labeled as homicide by the Whatcom County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.
The trial of Hamilton is scheduled for November. Hamilton stays detained within the Whatcom County Jail on bail for $ 1 million.
On the afternoon of September third, folks reported that an individual with a gunshot wound was in a tent in a warehouse behind Walmart. Arriving authorities stated they discovered Dobson’s physique.
A witness instructed police they heard the shot and noticed Hamilton standing close to the opening of the tent the place Dobson was discovered. The witness instructed police they noticed a rifle leaning in opposition to a put up on the bottom close to Hamilton and Dobson and crawling to the tent.
Hamilton instructed police he slept in a folding chair in his camp and the sound of the gunshot woke him up, based on courtroom data. Hamilton instructed police he noticed Dobson on the bottom crawling to Hamilton’s tent however did not know who shot him.
