An Oak Harbor man who was shot after hitting a neighbor with a car was arrested today, the Island County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Marvin Willey, 63, took a bullet a Sunday, went to Harborview Medical Center for treatment and was arrested after he was released.
Investigators took Willey into custody on suspicion of assault in the second degree and violation of a court order. He made his preliminary appearance in court and was ordered to be held in jail on $100,000 bail.
Police responded to a report just before 3 p.m. Sunday that Willey was causing a disturbance at his neighbor’s Sonic Lane home outside of Oak Harbor and violating a no-contact order, according to the sheriff’s office.
Witnesses said Willey became aggressive and struck the neighbor with his car, knocking him down and injuring him, Detective Ed Wallace said. The man suffered a acromioclavicular joint separation.
Fearing that Willey was going to try to run him over, the man fired a shot with a handgun at the driver’s door of the car. The bullet went through the door and struck Willey, Wallace said.
The neighbor may have also fired warning shots, but the investigation into the details is ongoing, according to Wallace.
Willey is the son of Betty Tews, an elderly woman who went missing in June of 2011 and was never found. He lives in her home on Sonic Road.
Tews’ other son, Raymond Willey, was a suspect in her disappearance. He left town after the police learned that she was missing; he has since died in California.
Marvin Willey reported to police in June of 2015 that he heard mysterious noises in the attic and crawl space of his mother’s house. He was so scared he armed himself and called police, according to court papers.
Deputies didn’t find anything mysterious in the house, but they later arrested Willey for unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree. The officers discovered that Willey is a convicted felon out of South Carolina, which disqualified him from owning a firearm. Court documents show that he was convicted in federal court of bank embezzlement in 1979 and was sentenced to six months in prison.
Willey’s criminal history also includes arrests for criminal trespass and drug possession.
