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LACEY, Wash. (DailyKenn.com) — Two teenage brothers were gunned down in a mistaken-identity drive-by shooting early Friday, leaving a quiet Lacey neighborhood reeling and prompting the swift arrest of two young men on murder charges.
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Alexander M. Borgen, 16, and his brother Deven J. Borgen, 17, were walking along College Street Southeast near 24th Avenue when a vehicle pulled up around 1:50 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2025. Gunfire erupted in a hail of shots, and the brothers collapsed in the crosswalk, just blocks from Mountain View Elementary School. Responding officers and medics found the siblings unresponsive in the roadway, their bodies marked by multiple gunshot wounds. Despite frantic lifesaving efforts, both were pronounced dead at the scene as dozens of evidence markers dotted the pavement.
The shooting, captured in part by neighborhood surveillance, stemmed from a deadly case of misidentification, according to court records. Trequanne Trenelle Wilson-Mason, 20, of Lacey, allegedly believed Alexander was responsible for a prior shooting at his home in October 2024. A witness reported that Wilson-Mason later confessed to firing the shots, tearfully telling investigators he realized too late he had targeted the wrong people. Cellphone data and video footage traced the suspect vehicle to a nearby home, leading to the arrests.
Wilson-Mason was apprehended in Wenatchee after fleeing the area, while the second suspect, a 20-year-old accomplice, was taken into custody following a high-speed chase in Pierce County that ended in a rollover crash. Both face two counts each of first-degree murder and drive-by shooting and are being held without bail in Thurston County Jail. Wilson-Mason, who has a prior domestic violence conviction, also faces charges for violating a no-contact order. He is scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 25.
Neighbors jolted awake by the gunfire described hearing two sharp bangs echo through the predawn quiet. "We've never had this so close," one resident said, shaking her head at the memorial of balloons, flowers and handwritten notes that quickly bloomed at the intersection. The brothers, who lived separately with different parents but remained inseparable, were remembered as bright students with straight A's— Deven a thoughtful senior at Rainier High School known as a "protector" who fixed things for friends, and Alexander an effervescent teen with a booming laugh.
In court, their mother, Christina Borgen, confronted Wilson-Mason with raw anguish: "You killed two innocent boys. I hope you sleep at night with that." The boys' grandfather, Kenneth Borgen, mourned Deven as a "good, helpful kid" and questioned why the suspect wasn't jailed sooner given his violent history. Friends at Rainier schools fell silent upon hearing the news, with counselors mobilized to support grieving students. An online fundraiser has raised thousands for funerals and counseling, while community leaders decried the rarity of such violence in the family-oriented enclave. "It's shocking and sad—this doesn't happen here," said a longtime resident, echoing the chorus of disbelief rippling through Lacey.
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