A Washington man accused of fatally shooting two convicted sex offenders on the Olympic Peninsula indicated he didn’t plan to stop with two. A signed note Drum left in a rental car said he hated sex offenders and “it had to be done.” Click below to read the rest of the story.
Patrick Drum, 34, of Sequim, remained jailed without bail after a Clallam County Superior Court hearing.
Drum was arrested Sunday for investigation of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the weekend deaths of Gary Lee Blanton Jr., 28, and Jerry W. Ray, 56.
The arrested man “had stated his intent not to stop with two victims but to continue as long as he could until he was stopped by law enforcement,” County Prosecutor Deb Kelly told Judge George Wood, according to the Peninsula Daily News.
A probable cause statement from the sheriff’s office said “Drum also stated that he had intended on driving to Jefferson County where another sex offender resided, with the intent to kill him, too.”
“Frankly, I’m concerned about the vigilante aspect,” Kelly said.
Kelly told the judge she plans to seek charges of aggravated first-degree murder.
Drum, who yawned repeatedly during the hearing, told the judge he wanted to defend himself.
An aggravated murder conviction would carry the possibility of a death sentence. Wood appointed a lawyer to represent Drum.
A bail hearing was scheduled Wednesday.
