WOODLAND — Last week’s fatal shooting in Woodland started as a dispute between roommates that escalated into gunfire, according to court documents.
A police report released this week shows more details, including how Corey Allen Raymond, 36, told authorities he didn’t like his roommate David Austin Pfleger, didn’t want him living there, and thought Pfleger was picking a fight on the evening of Dec. 7 in the 1000 block South Pekin Road when Raymond shot and killed him.
After Raymond fired the fatal shots, he refused to give CPR to his roommate, who was also dating Raymond’s sister, the report states.
Raymond was being held without bail in Cowlitz County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder as of Wednesday afternoon. He was arrested Friday after the shooting death of Pfleger, 28.
Raymond is scheduled to enter a plea on Dec. 21 and a public attorney has been appointed to represent him.
At 6 p.m. Dec. 7, Raymond called 911 to report Pfleger was drunk and making death threats toward him, according to the police report that led to Raymond’s arrest.
Authorities later learned he was dating Raymond’s sister and all three lived together in the same rural Woodland home.
While on the phone with dispatch, Raymond said “This f—king psycho needs to f—king die. That’s what needs to f—king happen,” the report states. Raymond told dispatch Pfleger attempted to take the phone away from him.
Minutes later, Raymond said he was “cornered in the kitchen,” and Pfleger came after him, so Raymond shot him, the report states.
In an interview with authorities, Raymond said Pfleger tried to grab him, so he pushed him to the ground, grabbed his Ruger .380 handgun from his pocket — which he kept his right hand on the entire time — and fired three shots into his torso.
Raymond told deputies he thought Pfleger was trying to provoke him into a physical fight, but was unable to describe any physical actions that would cause him to believe Pfleger’s death threats would be carried out.
Authorities described Raymond’s demeanor on the 911 call as not frightened, but “increasingly angry as the call went on,” the report states; Pfleger could be heard taunting and annoying Raymond, but no threats were heard on the call.
The dispatcher asked Raymond if he was willing to perform CPR on Pfleger, but Raymond said he didn’t want to go “anywhere near Pfleger,” the report states.
