WILLISTON, N.D. -- A Williston man was shot early Saturday morning, and another is behind bars after a fight at a house party, police said Monday morning.
Nash Wollan was charged with aggravated assault, carrying a concealed firearm and terrorizing for allegedly shooting Michael Raphael in an alley next to the SOS Repair and Fabrication shop on First Street East in Williston.
The two had gotten into a altercation at a house party nearby, according to a court record. When Wollan left, Raphael followed, picking up a 2-foot long piece of wood with a nail in it, the record says. Witnesses said Wollan fired two shots at Raphael, hitting him under an arm and paralyzing him.
Wollan tried to get rid of his gun, a .38 Special revolver, by throwing it down a floor drain in the motorcycle repair shop, before hiding in the bushes, court records say.
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Although Wollan claims to be a member of the Sons of Silence, a motorcycle gang with a reputation for violence and drug activity, police do not believe the shooting was gang-related, Williston police detective Lt. David Peterson said.
Wollan was being held at the Williams County Correctional Center.
