'This a— hole has pushed me past my limit': 76-year-old blasted neighbor 'right between his eyes' with .38 revolver because he was 'blaring' Mister Rogers music

A 78-year-old Washington state antheral is headed to situation aft shooting his next-door neighbor to decease with a .38-caliber revolver, telling cops helium did it due to the fact that the unfortunate was "bullying him for months" by playing "loud music" — including a Mister Rogers song.

"This a— spread has pushed maine past my limit," wrote David Boyd, of Clarkston, successful a enactment helium penned earlier the January 2025 shooting. "I'm going to termination him and past myself I can't instrumentality anymore."

Court records amusement that Boyd, who was 76 astatine the clip of the shooting, was sentenced to 23 years successful situation aft helium pleaded blameworthy to second-degree execution with a firearm enhancement and first-degree unlawful possession of a gun.

A probable origin affidavit for Boyd's arrest, which was obtained by Law&Crime, said helium accused his neighbor, Chad VanScotter, 53, of "bullying him for months" by playing "loud music" that caused Boyd to "not beryllium capable to sleep."

Boyd "got up and went to Chad's flat with his pistol to face [him]" connected Jan. 28, 2025, a small earlier 9 p.m., according to the affidavit. Boyd claimed that erstwhile VanScotter answered the doorway helium had "a agelong instrumentality successful his hand" and "swung it astatine him respective times, hitting him successful the caput area," the papers says.

Boyd told constabulary that's what prompted him to open fire.

"David advised that astir 1 p.m. … Chad came location and enactment his vigor against the partition and was blaring Mister Rogers from wrong his apartment," the affidavit recounted, successful notation to the tv amusement "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" starring Fred Rogers.

"David advised helium watches TV with earphones due to the fact that helium is hard of proceeding and to beryllium courteous to his neighbors," the affidavit said. "David advised helium could perceive Chad's sound implicit his."

Boyd said helium attempted to spell to slumber that nighttime astir 5:30 p.m. but was "tossing and turning and could not sleep" owed to the noise. Boyd told constabulary helium was "about to motion off" erstwhile helium heard VanScotter crook the vigor disconnected to determination it person to wherever Boyd's chamber is and past turned it backmost on.

"David stated helium was wholly stressed retired by Chad doing this for truthful long," according to the affidavit. "David advised Chad is simply a 'bully' and is frightened of him. David advised that helium 'lost it' and couldn't instrumentality it anymore."

Boyd told investigators that aft shooting VanScotter helium went backmost to his flat and "was going to sprout himself," per the affidavit. But helium "could not bring himself to bash it truthful helium called 911," according to police.

Clarkston Police officers were dispatched to the 1200 artifact of Ash Street, wherever Boyd and VanScotter lived successful adjacent apartments, astir 9 p.m. that nighttime and recovered VanScotter dormant from aggregate gunshot wounds.

"[Officers] observed Chad to person 2 slug holes successful his thorax broadside by broadside respective inches apart," the affidavit said. "[Officers] past observed a 3rd slug spread successful his forehead close betwixt his eyes."

Boyd admitted to shooting VanScotter with a .38-caliber revolver. Asked wherefore helium didn't telephone constabulary to study a sound complaint, Boyd told investigators helium decided alternatively to "confront Chad, alternatively than telephone police" due to the fact that helium believed helium would person been arrested "as the aggressor," according to the affidavit.

"David advised helium has called constabulary earlier connected Chad implicit the sound and the constabulary tin ne'er bash thing astir it," the affidavit said. "David advised america that helium is 'relieved that this is over.'"

Boyd went connected to archer investigators that helium didn't consciousness helium did thing incorrect due to the fact that "bully's merit this," according to the affidavit.

During a hunt of his apartment, constabulary recovered the revolver Boyd utilized and a notebook connected his surviving country dresser with the "pushed maine past my limit" statement. Two different notes were recovered saying, "If you find maine dormant delight telephone Shannon Giesegle … convey you Dave" and "PS delight conscionable fto maine spell I'm bushed and my bosom is worn retired bash not resesatute maine Dave."

Police determined that Boyd "acted with intent to face his neighbour Chad with a loaded pistol and changeable and killed him implicit ongoing large music/noise aft penning his termination enactment and execution enactment stating helium is fed up and is going to termination him, meaning Chad," according to the affidavit.

Boyd was being prosecuted successful Asotin County Superior Court for first-degree execution earlier helium agreed to instrumentality a plea woody for second-degree murder. He was convicted past week and sentenced connected June 12.