UPDATE (noon, April 7): An interim complaint obtained by KGUN 9 sheds some light on the shooting death of 44-year-old Clayton Moore Bishop.
According to the complaint, Dirk Prather showed up at his neighbor's house, stating he was attacked by a homeless man in his apartment and shot him in the head.
His neighbor called 911 for Prather. Prather told the 911 operator that the homeless man was on his couch in his apartment, the gun was on the table in the living room and the last name of the man shot was Bishop.
Upon arrival, officers went into Prather's apartment and found Bishop on the sofa, lying on his side, facing the back of the sofa with his head on a pillow. He was shirtless and wearing shorts, the complaint said.
The complaint also said Bishop had a gunshot wound to the top of his head and the pillow was soaked in blood. He was transported to the hospital where he died shortly after.
According to the complaint, Prather told an officer that he "just woke up and basically shot him in the back of the head because there as some bad, bad, bad vibes."
"He confessed to a lot of murders," Prather said, according to the complaint.
Prather explained, the complaint said, that Bishop and Prather's friend Lucas had been living at Prather's apartment.
Lucas was there first, then invited Bishop to also stay there.
Prather said that he kicked both of them out the week prior, the complaint said.
On Friday, April 4, Prather and Bishop were sitting across from each other in the living room. Bishop was drinking, the complaint said. And Prather was drinking beer, too, as well as being on "a lot of Adderall," the complaint said.
The complaint said Prather told officers that Bishop pulled out a knife, but didn't do anything but antagonize Prather.
Prather told officers that he was able to calm Bishop down and made him put the knife back in the bag.
Prather slept in his bedroom, according to the complaint, but said he didn't feel safe at all with Bishop in the house.
When asked if Bishop saw Prather when he shot him, Prather said, "No," according to the complaint.
When asked if he was behind him, Prather replied, "Yes," the complaint said.
Prather said he "shot him while he was sleeping," the complaint said, but Prather also claimed that he shot him in self-defense.
A search warrant revealed a revolver on the kitchen counter, with a cylinder that contained a single spent .38 Special cartridge case
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A man is dead after a shooting on Tucson’s Southside on Saturday, April 5.
Around 10 a.m., officers from the Tucson Police Department’s Operations Division South responded to a report of a shooting near West 21st Street, west of South Sixth Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found 44-year-old Clayton Moore Bishop suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died shortly after.
Detectives believe Bishop had been temporarily staying at the home, which belongs to the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Dirk Barret Prather.
Prather was arrested and booked into the Pima County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder.
He is being held on a $1,000,000 bond.
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