An elementary school teacher in Washington state who was shot and killed while taking a shower on another man's property may have believed he was in a friend's home, a prosecutor said. Fanning left the building and instead of calling 911 immediately, he returned with a .45-caliber pistol and shot Rosa three times through the shower curtain, he told investigators. Mason County Prosecutor Michael Dorcy said Tuesday that Rosa had been at a nearby friend's house Friday night and took a walk early Saturday after getting into an argument. Rosa might have mistakenly entered Fanning's building, which has an identical floor plan to the house where he had been visiting his friend, according to Dorcy. (Photo: Contributed photo / Rosa family) 
 
 SHELTON — Bruce F. Fanning, of Belfair, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the shooting death early Saturday of Nathaniel J. Rosa, a 31-year-old paraeducator from Bothell. Fanning told investigators that he found Rosa in the shower and told him to leave, but Fanning claimed Rosa “aggressively responded with non-understandable verbal threats.” Fanning said that he was afraid and that thought Rosa was drunk. Bruce Fanning, of Belfair, has been booked for investigation of first-degree murder.
– The elementary school teacher who was fatally shot Saturday while showering in a stranger's home in Washington state may have believed he was in a friend's house, the New York Daily News reports. Prosecutor Michael Dorcy says Nathanial Rosa was staying at a friend's house nearby and had been out "drinking and celebrating." Dorcy says the house belonging to 59-year-old Bruce Fanning has the same floor plan as the house where Rosa was staying and the two homes "are almost identical." Dorcy says Rosa probably thought he was locked out of his friend's house, "but he's dead now so we can't confirm." Fanning was charged with murder on Wednesday, the News Tribune reports. The charge was upgraded from second-degree to first-degree murder based on allegations of premeditation. According to the Kitsap Sun, Fanning found Rosa in the shower and left the house, which he uses for his business, before returning with a gun and allegedly shooting Rosa multiple times. Authorities say it's unclear why Fanning, whose property is adorned with signs warning "trespassers will be shot," didn't call 911 until after shooting Rosa. Fanning says he was afraid for his safety. Investigators are attempting to determine if Rosa was drunk at the time or suffering from hypothermia—his clothes were soaked.