PORT ANGELES — A plea agreement is in the works for Gary Carl Borneman, a Port Angeles man charged in the October murder of Gerald “Jerry” Howell.
A change-of-plea hearing is set for Feb. 18 in Clallam County Superior Court.
“We’ll do the sentencing later,” county Chief Criminal Deputy John Troberg told Judge Christopher Melly in a Friday hearing.
“The family will want to come up and talk.”
Borneman, 40, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder and six other counts after the Oct. 7 shooting death of Howell and kidnapping of Howell’s girlfriend, Rebecca Messinger.
Port Angeles police said Borneman kidnapped Messinger at gunpoint, forced her to drive to the home she shared with Howell and shot Howell with a .22-caliber pistol.
Borneman has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree burglary, second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful imprisonment, violation of a domestic violence protection order and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
He is being held in the Clallam County jail on $2 million bond.
