By Tony Lystra / The Daily News | Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:16 pm | (2) Comments
A 21-year-old Longview man admitted Wednesday to killing his ex-girlfriend's mother and wounding her father in a 2008 shooting in the Highlands.
Anthony Michael James Scott pleaded guilty to first-degree murder with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder.
Authorities said that on the morning of Oct. 7, 2008, Scott knocked on the door of Robert and Kathleen Tubbs and was told to leave. Scott shouted, "Die!" and shot Robert Tubbs in the arm. Scott then entered the home, at 262 24th Avenue, and shot Kathleen Tubbs in the back as she tried to flee through a back door.
Kathleen Tubbs collapsed on the stoop of her mother's home, which was next door, the prosecutor's office said. Before she died, Kathleen Tubbs told her mother Scott had shot her. Robert Tubbs survived his injuries.
The Tubbs' 4-year-old grandson was in the home at the time of the shooting.
Scott fled on foot and left a voice mail on his ex-girlfriend's phone, saying: "Hey bitch, this is big A.Z. Hope you like the gift."
Scott lived in Longview but went by the nickname "Az Joker" because he was born in Arizona, according to his MySpace page.
Longview police arrested him about an hour later in the 3200 block of Oak Street. The gun Scott used to shoot the couple never was recovered.
Prosecutors said the Tubbs's daughter had ended a two-year relationship with Scott days before the shooting, and Scott had been expected to move to Arizona.
Separately, Scott also pleaded guilty Wednesday to custodial assault. He admitted he spit in a Cowlitz County corrections officer's face while he was being held on the murder charge.
The prosecutor's office said Scott has previous juvenile convictions for first-degree malicious mischief and bail jumping.
Scott is scheduled to be sentenced March 3.
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