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Bret Berlin

Case from Mukilteo, OR dated Feb 16, 2014

Victim Details

Bret Berlin

Male

White / Caucasian

Mukilteo

OR

2014-02-16

44

Bret

Berlin

06/25/2026

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On February 16, 2014, 44-year-old Bret Berlin was fatally shot while seated in a parked car on Camano Island, Washington. A woman accompanying him sustained a gunshot wound to her arm. The assailant, identified as 34-year-old Riley Leif Ottersen, approached the vehicle under the pretense of asking for cigarettes. After receiving a pack, Ottersen unexpectedly drew a firearm and shot Berlin in the head, with the same bullet injuring the woman.

Following the shooting, Ottersen fled the scen ...
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  • The Daily Herald: Man shot by police last month in Mukilteo dies - HeraldNet.com
  • Motive in death still eludes police | HeraldNet.com
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    I've been following the Camano Island case and something that's been gnawing at me i... ...Read More
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