Bryce Dawson Fortier, 23, plad not guilty to charges of second-degree murder for the shooting death of Christopher Chandler, 17.

According to charging documents, Chandler was leaving a Halloween party on Oct. 28 in the 16400 block of 36th Avenue Southeast near Mill Creek when he drove around the corner and came upon a fight.

Charging documents said that witnesses' accounts of the incident varied.

Chandler got out of the car and struggled with Fortier, who was the only one there with a gun, deputy prosecutor Sherry King said.

Some witnesses told police Fortier grabbed Chandler and two were going down when a single shot rang out.

Other witnesses said Fortier was being beaten by several people. Another said Fortier was not being threatened when he pulled the gun and pointed it at Chandler and another said Chandler was trying to get the gun away from Fortier.

Chandler died at the scene.

Following the shooting, Fortier went back to the house where the party was held and called his father. Fortier allegedly told his father that he had been jumped by “eight guys and that they had been bashing his head with a rock and that he had shot somebody,” King said.

Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies were investigating the shooting, and confiscated a large caliber handgun and ammunition.

Fortier, a student at Central Washington University, was arrested and held on $500,000 bail.