The man who was fatally shot by a homeowner as he showered may have been “confused” after hitting several bars with friends — and possibly thought he had returned to his friend’s house just two doors down from the home he entered.
The fatal shooting early Saturday in Belfair, Washington, may be a case of “wrong place, wrong time,” Mason County Prosecutor Michael Dorcy told KING5.
Dorcy said investigators have learned that Nathaniel Rosa, 31, visited some bars in Belfair on Friday with several friends, one of whom was about to be deployed to Afghanistan. Those friends reported that Rosa, an elementary school teacher, then went to one of their homes, just two doors down from the property owned by Bruce Fanning. At about 5 a.m. Saturday, Rosa left his friend’s home for some fresh air, and “according to those guys, he never came back,” Dorcy said.
The two homes, Dorcy said, are very similar in appearance, even down to the floor plan. Rosa may have mistakenly thought he had returned to his friend’s home when he was actually at Fanning’s door.
“It leads me to wonder if he thought, ‘Where is everybody?’ when he showed up at Fanning’s house,” Dorcy said.
Authorities are awaiting toxicology tests to determine if Rosa was intoxicated when he was shot. Fanning, 59, was arrested Saturday after calling police to say he shot Rosa three times through a shower curtain, believing he was an intruder. Fanning, who has not been formally charged, remains under investigation and is free after posting $250,000 bond, KING5 reports.
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