Murder trial postponed to February

The trial for Nathaniel Darren Olson, a 27-year-old man who allegedly shot Matthew Baker, 25, of Port Angeles in the early morning hours on May 22, was moved from Nov. 13 to Feb. 23. Clallam County Prosecutor Will Payne requested the change to receive lab reports, court documents state.

The trial for Nathaniel Darren Olson, a 27-year-old man who allegedly shot Matthew Baker, 25, of Port Angeles in the early morning hours on May 22, was moved from Nov. 13 to Feb. 23. Clallam County Prosecutor Will Payne requested the change to receive lab reports, court documents state.

Olson faces second-degree murder with an aggravated circumstance charge after allegedly shooting Baker at a birthday party on May 22 in a Port Angeles home on Monroe Road. His trial is expected to run for six days with Judge George Wood presiding and Karen Unger defending Olson in Clallam County Superior Court.

Judge Erik Rohrer also granted Olson, who is out of jail on $75,000 bail to home confinement, the right to break his 7 a.m.-5 p.m. work curfew for the birth of his child. Prior to his release from Clallam County Jail, Olson had to relinquish his firearms, stick to strict curfews, wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet and not be allowed to enter liquor stores.

Baker was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest, Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies report, and that he was alone in the living room with Olson, a Sequim High School 2005 graduate, when witnesses in the dining room area heard a single “pop.”

Deputies determined alcohol was present at the party and they believe Olson was drinking.

Witnesses told law enforcement Olson was showing a gun earlier in the evening to other guests which he allegedly used to kill Baker, sheriff officials reported.