Everett, Washington

From the April 3, 2007 Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

EVERETT, Wash. -- Snohomish County prosecutors say they won't charge a 28-year-old man with homicide for his part in a gunbattle that ended with an Everett man's death.

Prosecutors believe 28-year-old Hector Francisco Diaz was protecting himself when he opened fire and shot Raymond O'Gorman five times with a .357 handgun in a south Everett apartment in November.

Deputy prosecutor John Adcock calls the shooting that occurred during an apparent robbery attempt a justifiable homicide.

But Diaz's troubles with the law are not over.

He recently was indicted on eight federal charges for allegedly selling large amounts of methamphetamine to undercover detectives from the South Snohomish County Drug Task Force.

A federal prosecutor says if Diaz is convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 40 years in prison.