Bail set at $5 million for suspect in Lacey triple homicide

Bail was set at $5 million for the second suspect in connection with a triple homicide at a trailer on Dutterow Road.

Enrique “Ricky” Lamere, 24, appeared Thursday in Thurston County Superior Court on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder. Arraignment was set for July 26.

Lamere is accused of participating in a robbery in which four people were shot June 22 in a trailer at 513 Dutterow Road SE in Lacey. Three of those victims died at the scene: Terron R. McGrath, 31; Jackson L. Edens, 28; and Gerald M. Berkey, 36. The fourth victim is recovering from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to court documents.

Another suspect, 24-year-old Dugan Lawton, was arrested June 29. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of aggravated first-degree murder, one count of first-degree attempted murder and one count of first-degree burglary while armed with a firearm.

Lamere has been in custody since June 29 after detectives found him living at a Lacey residence. After conducting surveillance on the residence, detectives had spotted Lamere leaving with a backpack containing a quarter-pound of black tar heroin, according to court documents.

Prior to the shooting, Edens had been selling methamphetamine and heroin at his trailer and had been purchasing large amounts of both substances from a connection in Pierce County, according to court documents. Detectives believe the two suspects had shown up to rob Edens, and believe that Lamere had been scouting the residence while Lawton waited outside.

Lamere was inside the trailer when the shooting occurred and left the scene with Lawton, who was driving, according to documents.

“To call these allegations horrific is an understatement,” said Judge Erik Price at Thursday’s court hearing.

This story was originally published July 15, 2016 at 9:23 AM with the headline "Bail set at $5 million for suspect in Lacey triple homicide."