Police say the 13-year-old arrested in the killing claimed to be the one who committed the crime.
According to investigators, witness accounts of the shooting led them to believe that more than one person was involved.
According to new court documents, they were able to identify shell casings from three different guns because of their hunch.
Bethea was charged with first degree murder. He is one of three people arrested in the case. The 19-year-old has been accused of murder.
Bethea appeared in the juvenile court. The bail is $1 million
According to investigators, the ambush was the result of an argument that began in Spokane between Combs and the owner of the Jeep.
A gun was pointed at the head of Asselin. All of the women in the jeep were present at the time.
On the day after, the women left. The man was picked up by a couple and brought back to the Tri-Cities.
Green has been charged with criminal assistance According to reports, after the shooting, Green helped take Combs and Bethea back to their hometown. Bethea's role in the crime was not clear.
According to investigators, it was Bethea who fired the shot that killed Asselin.
After returning to the Tri-Cities, Combs and Bethea met with Asselin, Sarabia and the other women at 3-City Sports Bar.
The women agreed to follow Combs to the party.
Before going to the party, Asselin went back to her father's house to find out who she was with.
Bethea and her friends got into a vehicle with people they knew from the area.
According to the documents, security footage shows the vehicles Combs and Bethea were pulling in front of Asselin and driving side by side.
The investigators think this is when they started shooting. They don't know if they believe there were three people shooting or if there was only one shooting.
According to the documents, Bethea may have had a sawed-off shotgun and pistol with extended magazine, as well as the gun that Combs used.
Asselin returned to her father's house at 11:48 p.m. after fleeing.
The cars that Combs and Bethea were in arrived back at 3-City Sports Bar at 11:41 pm and the people in them went back inside. Bethea bragged about killing one of the women.
According to witnesses, Bethea said she shot Sarabia and Asselin at the same time.
According to the court documents, witnesses said Bethea was proud of what he had done, but no one else attempted to take credit for the killing.
Bethea is said to have claimed in a recorded phone call that he was with Combs when he was arrested and hid because he had a warrant.
If he is found guilty, he could face up to life in prison.
There is a warrant for Bethea's arrest. He was taken into custody during a traffic stop by the sheriff's office.
Two teens have been arrested for murder. A 14-year-old who is in custody is suspected of killing a 19-year-old.
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