My source is correct....
Here is some follow up:
STORY
while it's not been reported, I have from a good authority that both parties involved knew each other and that there was a previous disaggreement. Also tha the shots took place well outside of the home.
A Vancouver man who allegedly shot an intruder outside his house Thursday had argued with the man about a prescription drug deal the day before, according to court documents.
Donta Patterson, 29, of Vancouver has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault and is being held in the Clark County Jail on $200,000 bail. He is accused of shooting Nathan Rivers once in the face after discovering him in his garage, allegedly stealing a power drill.
A 19-year-old Battle Ground woman, Camille M. Langdon, was jailed on suspicion of second-degree burglary. She is believed to have accompanied Rivers to Patterson’s home. She was released Friday after posting bond.
Rivers, 22, was still hospitalized Friday afternoon with serious injuries. Though he was described as a burglary suspect in initial reports Thursday, he has not been charged with a crime. A spokesman for Southwest Washington Medical Center said Rivers was not listed in the hospital’s public directory.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Patterson told investigators he was the middleman in a transaction for oxycodone between Rivers, Langdon and an unnamed supplier. Patterson said the two didn’t like the type of oxycodone he sold them and wanted their money back.
“Donta told them that he was only the middleman, and they would have to contact the supplier to get their money back,” according to the affidavit signed by Vancouver police Detective Eric Swenson.
The next day, about 11:50 a.m., Patterson said he noticed Rivers and Langdon allegedly burglarizing the detached garage at his home in the 3500 block of E. McLoughlin Boulevard. So he went to his bedroom to retrieve a semiautomatic handgun from under his bed, according to court documents.
After ordering the two to drop the items, Langdon and Rivers did. But Rivers then allegedly pulled out a handgun, pointing it at Patterson’s head.
“Donta said that he shot Rivers while moving away from the gun in self-defense,” the affidavit said.
In an interview that afternoon, Langdon told detectives that she and Rivers went to visit Patterson, but after having trouble contacting him, went inside his garage. That’s when she alleges Rivers took a power drill from a box, according to court documents.
Court documents don’t reveal why the power drill was taken or what -- if any -- connection there was to the drug transaction.
Both Patterson and Langdon made first appearances in Clark County Superior Court Friday. Judge Robert Lewis set arraignment for Sept. 21.