A 40-year-old Tacoma man allegedly fatally shot another man at close range during a disturbance at a graduation party July 26 at a Kent house.
Solomon Fola pleaded not guilty Aug. 3 to charges of second-degree murder, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and fourth-degree assault. Fola remained Aug. 3 in King County’s Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent with bail set at $2 million, according to jail records. He has a pre-trial hearing Aug. 24.
Fola is accused of killing Brian Talo, 41, of Kent. Talo died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Based on the soot and residue found on Talo’s T-shirt and shorts, it was estimated that he was shot from approximately one foot away, according to charging documents…