Downtown shooting takes bizarre twist

Matt Baide | Oct 21, 20210

Siblings Christopher Floe and Caroline Harris were arrested in connection with the Oct. 7 shooting in the 500 block of North 4th Street in downtown Shelton.

Floe, who was the victim of the shooting, was booked into Mason County Jail for first-degree assault, first-degree criminal conspiracy assault, false reporting and criminal conspiracy to commit a drive-by shooting. Harris was arrested for first-degree assault, first-degree criminal conspiracy assault, and criminal conspiracy to commit a drive-by shooting.

Bail was set at $250,000 and his arraignment hearing is set for 9 a.m. on Oct. 25.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Floe was interviewed about the incident and inconsistencies began to show in his statement. Security footage from the jail showed a vehicle blacked out leaving the scene at the same time as the shot was heard on multiple cameras. During an interview on Oct. 14, Floe admitted to talking his sister, Harris, into shooting him. Harris was contacted later that day and confirmed that Chris had asked her to shoot him, and Floe provided her a firearm on Oct. 6. Harris said Floe has asked her several times to shoot him and the requests started five to seven days before the incident. Harris initially refused but Floe kept asking so she agreed to shoot him.

Harris said she went to Floe’s office on Oct. 7 because Floe said there were no cameras, and no one would know it was her. She couldn’t do it at first, but then parked with her passenger door next to his driver’s door.

Floe turned around and pointed to where Harris should shoot him. Harris was seated in the driver’s seat and used a two-handed shooting grip to fire one round, striking Floe in the right forearm, through the right side of his lower back and exiting out of his abdomen, with the bullet lodging in his vehicle.

Harris left the scene and went home and put the spent shell in a small cardboard box in her bedroom and left the pistol in her vehicle. A search warrant was applied and granted for the residence, with the firearm and shell casing where Harris said it would be.

No motive was provided as to why Floe asked Harris to shoot him.