Bail bondsman not arrested in fatal Graham shooting

It will be up to Pierce County prosecutors to decide whether a bail bondsman was justified in shooting an armed Graham woman who was upset the bail bondsman was taking her son into custody.

Kathryn New, 60, died Wednesday after the 44-year-old bail bondsman shot her as she allegedly pointed a gun at him and his team.

Three bail bondsmen went to the News’ home in the 10200 block of 260th Street East to serve two warrants on New’s 30-year-old son.

Although the son did not resist being placed in handcuffs, the bail bondsmen told investigators New went into a back room, came back with a gun and refused to drop the weapon.

One bail bondsman used a Taser on the woman as another simultaneously fired a gun.

Pierce County sheriff’s detectives did not arrest the 44-year-old bail bondsman because the shooting appeared to be in self-defense.

The bail bondsman is a former deputy who resigned in 2009 amid an internal investigation.

New’s son had an outstanding $50,000 warrant for DUI and another for violating a domestic-violence no-contact order barring him from being at his mother’s house or near her.

This story was originally published April 18, 2016 at 2:19 PM with the headline "Bail bondsman not arrested in fatal Graham shooting."