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Aaron Bornen

Case from Bellingham, WA dated Apr 02, 2015

Victim Details

Aaron Bornen

Male

White / Caucasian

Bellingham

WA

2015-04-02

23

Aaron

Bornen

06/27/2026

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In the spring of 2015, a night of casual camaraderie in Bellingham, Washington, took a tragic and irreversible turn, ending the life of 23-year-old Aaron Richmond Bornemann. On the evening of April 2, Bornemann had gone to his friend Masen Jon Potter's home to socialize. Bornemann brought a. 22-caliber pistol with him, and at some point, he and Potter engaged in what was later described as "messing around" with the firearm. They reportedly removed the magazine and dry-fired the seemingly unloade ...
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