By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A $10 million warrant was issued late today for the arrest of John Allen Booth Jr. wanted for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in connection with the slayings off Gore Road this weekend.
John A. Booth Jr.
The 31-year-old man from Onalaska is still at large.
Another person has been arrested and is in custody in the Lewis County Jail.
Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield called the individual a person of interest in the case but declined to say more about what that meant. Mansfield said the individual was picked up by the state Department of Corrections for a probation violation.
Mansfield in a news release this afternoon said the survivor from the triple homicide is in stable condition. The sheriff said the fourth victim of Saturday’s early morning shootings is 51 years old. He still won’t reveal if that person is a male or a female.
Booth was just released in December from his third stint in Washington prisons.
When deputies arrived about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday to the Onalaska-area home, they found three dead. They are David J. West Sr. 52, and his son David J. West Jr., 16, who lived there and also Tony E. Williams, 50, of Mineral. The status of West Sr.s girlfriend who reportedly resided there hasn’t been revealed by the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office released an updated photo of Booth and say he is still believed to be driving a turquoise 1995 Saturn Coupe, with a license plate of 319 UEB.
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