Updated at 11:45 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Coroner’s Office says an autopsy conducted yesterday found that 28-year-old Travis Shive died of massive internal bleeding from a gunshot wound, described as entering his abdomen and traveling into his chest without exiting his body.
The Salkum resident was shot twice, by a neighbor on Saturday night, according to the sheriff’s office.
The 56-year-old neighbor man who has not been arrested admitted he armed himself with a .380 semi-automatic handgun and said he went outside to get Shive to leave his property.
The unnamed man told deputies he felt threatened because Shive had been on his front porch ranting, accusing him of shooting his dog and refused to leave.
The sheriff’s office says it learned a fight took place in the yard after Shive, who was unarmed, lunged at the older man and then he was shot.
Shive was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has said the shooter is cooperating with the investigation, and said they were awaiting the results of the autopsy.
This morning, the sheriff’s office indicated detectives now want to answer the question of the proximity of the shooter to Shive when the firearm was discharged.
They are sending Shive’s clothing to the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab to be examined, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
Brown said both shots were from front to back, not in the back as two of several witnesses reported.
Coroner Warren McLeod said the other shot struck Shive in his left shoulder.
It happened about 8:10 p.m. on Saturday at the 200 block of Stowell Road, about a half block from the Salkum Super market.
Responding firefighters were told to wait at their station until deputies arrived to make sure the scene was safe.
Fire Chief Duran McDaniel estimated he stayed parked at the neighborhood store perhaps seven minutes, before he was given the okay to come in, something that was tough to do as a person lay injured.
Shive was able to walk off the property and was in the front yard of another property where bystanders were performing CPR.
The coroner said this morning the delay didn’t play a role in Shive’s death, the internal bleeding was so serious.
“Even if the medics got there (immediately) there is nothing, that I’m aware of, they can do all that much to stem the bleeding out in the field,” McLeod said.
Brown this morning indicated the investigation could take some time; such as getting the test results back because of a backlog at the state crime lab.
She said detectives learned the 56-year-old never opened his front door while Shive was there yelling, as he had it duct taped closed in connection with some kind of repair or renovation.
According to Brown, the man exited through a back or side door into the yard to see what was happening, and then the confrontation occurred.
The sheriff’s office believes Shive went to the man’s house in error, thinking it was he who shot the dog.
Detectives are still looking into who did it, as part of their inquiry, but Brown didn’t have high expectations they would find that out.
“I don’t know that person will ever come forward, at this point,” she said. “I don’t know that we’ll ever know.”
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CORRECTION: This news story has been updated to clarify the 56-year-old resident never opened the front door, and only left his house one time to meet up with Shive in his yard, according to the sheriff’s office.
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For background, read “Deadly dispute over dog shooting still under investigation in Salkum” from Monday May 12, 2014, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
What’s you gonna do, what’s ya gonna do, when they come for you?
I am a woman who has had a concealed weapon permit for several years. I also took classes offered by NRA. It was taught by a police officer. He said when shooting to protect yourself, if possible aim for the groin, cause if the attacker is high, shooting an arm or a leg is not going to stop them. I have a healthy respect for guns So busty babe ( no caps) get off your high horse, let the courts take care of it, & turn your attention to something that you could do that would be of benefit to others.
Amazing. Here Bustybabe wants the guy who defended himself against the person with a long criminal record punished, yet in the case of the Packwood mom with the loud mouth she wants a life sentence.
Bustybabe, there are rules for when you employ a firearm for self defense, they are:
1. Never point a gun at someone unless you intend to shoot.
2. Never shoot unless you mean to kill.
3. Once shooting starts, you make sure your target goes down.
You do not shoot in the arm or the leg. You do not fire a warning shot. You shoot to kill.
These rules are to hopefully keep unnecessary shootings from occurring.
This shooting has been completely exploring by those of us sitting in the cheering section. Now it is time for the police, the prosecutor and maybe a jury to decide on it.
BTW, your yelling on every subject is not helpful. Also, the end of your last post sure sounds like a threat to me. I hope the sheriff’s office is investigating. (I wasn’t there, but everything I have read indicates the deceased was lunging at the victim when he got shot, not just yelling.)
@Republicanlogger-I DONT HAVE TO READ AND UNDERSTAND ANYTHING, JUST TO POST MY OPINION AND THOUGHTS ,AND @justanotherguy—.WHEN USING A FIREARM,ONE DOESNT HAVE TO KILL TO PROTECT,WHAT ABOUT SHOOkTING IN THE KNEECAPS? OR ARM? AND JUST ONE TIME? NOT 2…ALSO,WHY DIDNT THE SHOOTER JUST LOCK HIS FRONT DOOR AND CALL 911? U KNOW WHAT? IM NOT A FELON SO MAYBE I SHOULD GET A GUN AND PERMIT,AND THEN THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE YELLS AT ME,ILL JUST” SHOOT TO KILL””””. USING THE” PROTECTION DEFENSE! SOUNDS GOOD TO ME ( I SAY THIS SARCASTICALLY)
Amen to all of your posts Republican Logger. To Bustybabe, you shoot to kill when using a firearm for protection…
People need to read and understand the laws, analyze the facts then think before they post.
Bottom line, shooter was on his own property and this Shive character charged him after being told to leave repeatedly. Sounds like suicide to me charging someone with a gun that has told you to leave.
THIS IS BULLSHIT!! THE SHOOTER SHOULD BE IN JAIL FOR MANSLAUGHTER..HE SHOT TO KILL,NOT TO PROTECT HIMSELF
asap,
Changing or adding events to this story that did not occur hardly serves to bolster your position. There have been story updates to address errors that you might have missed. For example, the shooter never went back inside to get a gun, he came out with it.
I’ve thought about this a bit. If I had what I perceived to be a out of control raging/screaming man on my porch pounding on the door, I would have called 911 and stayed inside.
About the only way I would go outside to run someone off is if I though he/she might try to burn the house down, or perhaps if I had grandkids in the house with me.
In my house, I have the room to put kids in a safe room, then take a stand to cover the hallway to protect them until the police arrive. In the panic of the moment, the shooter may have felt he had to run off Travis while he was still outside for some reason, rather than wait and see if Travis was going to force his way in.
Everyone thinks differently under high stress, and yesterday’s decisions may not look so good in today’s light.
I understand emotions are running high in this case, but you do no service to anyone by trying to embellish or lie about events or circumstances to validate your own emotions.
Let the investigation run it’s course. I’m sure anything new will be posted here.