Edward Concepcion Lugo, 39, of Aberdeen made his first court appearance Tuesday after his arrest Monday evening in the stabbing death of his mother, 77-year-old Asuncion Lugo, at the residence they shared with the suspect’s 81-year-old father at 223 E. King St. in South Aberdeen.

Concepcion wept as he was led into the courtroom at 3 p.m. Tuesday. As Judge Thomas Copland explained the charges against him for second-degree murder, Concepcion asked if he could get the death penalty; Judge Copland told him as it stood it was not a death penalty case. Concepcion then asked if he could plead insanity, at which time Copland advised him he had the right to remain silent before assigning him a public defender.

Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Jason Walker asked for high bail considering previous conflicts between the suspect and the victim, including an attack with a boning knife at the same address in 2013. Concepcion mumbled incoherently at times as Walker told Brown that Concepcion had a difficult time controlling his mental state, especially when on drugs, a quantity of which were found in the suspect’s bedroom after the attack. Also found in the room, said Walker, was a firearm unlawfully possessed by Concepcion.

Copland ordered Concepcion held on $500,000 bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 5 at 10:30 a.m.

The initial call for help came in to 911 about 2:30 p.m. from the victim, according to Aberdeen Police Chief Steve Shumate.

“The dispatcher could hear a male screaming in the background, as well as sounds consistent with an assault,” said Shumate. “The male in the call was also overheard making statements about someone being dead.”

Officers from the Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis Police departments, as well as the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office, immediately responded. While officers were on the way, the suspect made statements about wanting to kill other people, said Shumate.

Officers surrounded the home and attempted to contact the occupants. At 2:35 p.m., a male subject briefly came outside before apparently seeing the officers and quickly retreating back into the home, according to Shumate. Officers continually tried to call the man out of the house and make contact with anyone in the home to determine what was happening inside.

While on the open E911 line, the male made numerous direct threatening comments to include, “If you move, I’ll kill you,” said Shumate.

A few minutes later, the man was heard giving instructions to get on the ground against the window. Officers became more and more concerned the incident could be turning into a barricaded, armed subject with hostages, said Shumate. As the call continued, the man was heard saying, “If I go to jail, I’ll kill you all.” Shumate said one minute later, the man suddenly came out of the house into the garage holding a baseball bat in a threatening manner.

Officers ordered the man to drop the bat several times, but he continued to advance on the officers stationed at the front of the home. Shumate said the man refused to comply with the orders of the officers, prompting the deployment of Tasers and the discharge of one service weapon by one Aberdeen officer.

“As standard practice, the officer who discharged his weapon has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation,” said Shumate.

After the suspect was secured, Aberdeen officers immediately entered the home and found the victim “deceased from obvious trauma caused by a knife,” said Shumate. “Although paramedics from the Aberdeen Fire Department had staged near the scene in case of injury, nothing could be done to save the female inside the home.”

The police chief said, “The Aberdeen Police Department has responded to this residence in the past. In January of this year, the agency arrested the son for violating a no contact order involving his mother. There was no order in place at the time of the homicide.”

The Aberdeen Police Department requested the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office activate the Region III Critical Incident Investigation Team to investigate the homicide and officer-involved shooting, said Shumate. The specialized team is made up of investigators from the Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston, Lewis, and Pacific county sheriff’s offices. Detectives from Hoquiam are also assisting the team, added Shumate.