By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
Two suspects in the murder of teenage brothers Alexander Borgen, 16, and Deven Borgen, 17, have been captured in a manhunt which led lawmen across the Cascade Mountains to collar one of the two men, while the other was apprehended following a high-speed chase in another county.
Twenty-year-old Trequanne Trenelle Wilson Mason is scheduled for another court appearance Tuesday, Nov. 25. He is charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated murder in the first degree, premeditated, while armed with a firearm, two counts of drive-by shooting, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, Tampering with physical evidence and violation of a domestic violence no contact order, the latter apparently stemming from an earlier case.
The other suspect, not identified, is believed to have been the driver in the Nov. 14 drive-by shooting which left the brothers dead.
Wilson Mason was being held without bail in the Thurston County Jail. According to KING News, the Seattle-based NBC affiliate, Thurston County detectives tracked Wilson Mason to a hotel in Wenatchee, more than a hundred miles away. He reportedly confessed to the shooting, claiming he mistakenly thought one of his victims had fired rounds at his home in an earlier incident, wounding his dog.
The Daily Olympian reported Wilson Mason was also wanted on a felony warrant for violating a court order in a domestic violence case. He allegedly aimed a gun at the mother of his child. On that case, he was reportedly charged with two count of second-degree assault while armed with a deadly weapon, and felony harassment—threat to kill and fourth-degree assault.
Reports say when the second suspect was apprehended following a car crash, the vehicle contained several firearms.
Washington state has adopted several increasingly restrictive gun control laws in recent years which were all touted as “gun safety” measures to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands and being used in violent crimes.
