BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A Burlington man has been arrested on suspicion of 1st Degree Murder after a woman was shot to death at a home in Bellingham early Wednesday, August 14th.
Police Lieutenant Claudia Murphy reports officers responded to reports of a man with a gun in an apartment in the 900 block of 20th Street at 12:20 AM.
Shots were heard inside the apartment, and 22-year-old Rigoberto Galvan then called 911 to report that he had fired the shots and where he could be found.
Western Washington University Police officers found Galvan at the location he indicated and took him into custody without incident.
Bellingham Police officers found a 22-year-old woman mortally wounded in the apartment and she died at the scene.
Investigators say Galvan knew the woman.
Her identity hasn’t been released pending notification of family members.