On a Sunday evening in the small town of Midvale, Idaho, a confrontation between two men who were once friends ended in tragedy. Matthew Banning, a 43-year-old Caucasian male, was shot and killed on April 11, 2021. The incident occurred on South School Road, where Banning was found deceased by emergency crews who responded to a neighbor's call to dispatch at 7:22 p.m.
The man identified as the shooter was 41-year-old Terry Ash. He admitted to firing the single shot from a.
44 caliber revolver that struck Banning in the upper chest from a distance of about three to four feet. Authorities reported that both men were armed at the time of the altercation; Banning had a semi-automatic pistol but did not discharge his weapon. The nature of the dispute that led to this fatal encounter between the former friends has been described as a "falling out."
Following the shooting, Terry Ash was taken into custody by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. However, he was later released pending further investigation after claiming that he acted in self-defense. Despite the self-defense claim, Ash was later arrested on a first-degree murder warrant and booked into the Washington County Jail with a $1 million bond. The investigation into the shooting was to be turned over to the county prosecutor for review upon its completion.
