Satanic Hallucination Prompted South Hill Murder: Police

SOUTH HILL, WA - A 27-year-old man shot and killed his cousin Sunday night after smoking marijuana, becoming convinced that the cousin had turned into the devil, according to police.

The killing happened around 6 p.m. Sunday at a home just west of Thun Field. After the two men smoked marijuana, the 27-year-old pulled a gun and ordered his 24-year-old cousin to get on the ground, according to police.

"The suspect told detectives he thought his cousin was the devil, so he displayed a handgun and ordered his cousin to get on the floor. The victim and the suspect began to physically fight/wrestle throughout the house; during the fight the suspect fired multiple shots, striking the victim," the Pierce County Sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook.

A third man was in the home with the two cousins. After the shooting, the 27-year-old began ordering the third man around at gunpoint. After about two hours, the 27-year-old unloaded his gun. The witness called 911, and police arrested the 27-year-old on a charge of first-degree murder.

The South Hill killing was the 13th in an unincorporated area of Pierce County so far in 2018. Hours later, a woman in her 60s would die in a shooting near Eatonville.

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