Man wearing shirt saying 'here to crash the party' kills cashier over $25 after clerk 'didn't believe' he would actually rob him: Police

A 21-year-old antheral successful Oregon is accused of gunning down a convenience store clerk during a late-night robbery, aboriginal telling constabulary helium "f—ed up" and that the killing "was not worthy $25."

Michale J. Paine was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and unlawful usage of a limb successful the slaying of 57-year-old Ernesto Castellanos, authorities announced.

According to a bid of news releases from the Portland Police Bureau, the probe began conscionable earlier midnight connected March 27, erstwhile officers responded to a study of an "unconscious person" astatine a Plaid Pantry store successful Portland's Cully neighborhood. When they arrived, they recovered Castellanos dormant astatine the country from an evident gunshot wound.

The aesculapian examiner aboriginal ruled the decease a homicide.

Police released surveillance images of a fishy successful the hours aft the shooting, describing him arsenic equipped and unsafe and asking the nationalist for assistance identifying him. By Monday night, the fishy turned himself in.

Paine called 911 "saying helium wanted to crook himself in" and was taken into custody by officers. During the ride, helium began speaking "unprompted" astir the killing, section NBC affiliate KGW reported, citing a probable origin affidavit.

"Have you ever f—ed up successful your beingness truthful bad, you don't cognize what to bash after?" Paine reportedly told police. "He lone had $25 successful the till."

Investigators accidental surveillance footage captured the moments starring up to the shooting, showing the fishy walking astir the store, getting a drink, and waiting astatine the antagonistic earlier opening occurrence connected Castellanos. The fishy was wearing a distinctive achromatic hoodie featuring the look of Michael Myers from the "Halloween" movie bid and the words "Here to clang the party!"

From the affidavit:

We viewed further video surveillance of the incidental which included the fishy … entering the store, walking toward the eastbound wall, touching the surface to the lid dispenser, touching and leaving down other lids connected the antagonistic and floor, getting a beverage astatine the self-service beverage area, waiting astatine the checkout counter, drinking from the Plaid Pantry cup, leaving the Plaid Pantry cupful connected the counter, shooting the unfortunate 2 times, walking down the checkout counter, touching the currency registry surface and drawer, touching the coin instrumentality lever, kicking the victim, touching the unfortunate adjacent the close shoulder, and past leaving the store.

The unfortunate was changeable erstwhile successful the thorax and erstwhile successful the neck, either of which would person been fatal, according to the aesculapian examiner.

Paine allegedly told detectives helium went to the store intending to rob it. When Castellanos "did not look to judge that helium was really going to rob him," Paine responded by shooting him and getting the wealth from the registry himself.

The suspect allegedly admitted that "what helium did was not worthy $25," aboriginal adding that his actions "should not beryllium worthy anything."

Investigators were capable to place Paine successful portion done grounds near down successful the store, including fingerprints connected a cup, and aboriginal recovered a firearm and covering linked to the shooting, section Fox affiliate KPTV reported.

Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez described the sidesplitting arsenic "a sickening, brutal act," emphasizing that the unfortunate did thing to punctual the attack.

"Ernesto was an innocent, hardworking guy. He was gunned down and killed successful his spot of business, conscionable doing what we privation successful our community; radical doing their occupation each day," Vasquez said successful a Monday day connection to section ABC affiliate KATU. "I tin archer you this is simply a sickening, brutal enactment and we are determined to get justness for Ernesto."

Paine made his archetypal tribunal quality Tuesday, and a justice ordered him held without bond. He is presently scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal connected April 8.