by Christopher Sanchez
Daily Lobo
A wounded man requesting assistance on campus was detained by UNM police after officers found he had warrants charging him for killing his wife and stepson in Washington.
UNM police dispatchers received a 911 call from Bryan Christopher Matsen, 35, at about 1 a.m. Thursday. Officers found him wounded at a blue emergency phone near Logan Hall.
According to a UNM police report, Matsen appeared to have puncture wounds on his chest. Matsen did not remember what had happened, the report stated.
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After conducting a routine investigation, officers determined Matsen had warrants for his arrest, listing two counts of first-degree murder in the state of Washington.
Matsen was taken into custody without incident and was transferred to UNM Hospital, the report stated. He has been reported to be in satisfactory condition.
Dep. Scott Wilson, public information officer of Kitsap County Police Department in Washington, said the police found Evelyn Matsen, 34, and her son, Wahren Agonoy, 13, dead in their home Sunday near Bremerton, Wash.
"Upon entering the house, they found her deceased in the bedroom and found the boy deceased near the front door," Wilson said. "Both were victims of abstained gun injuries."
Wilson said Matsen's stepson and wife were last seen alive on Nov. 4 when the boy was getting off a bus.
"The neighbor saw him go to the bus, and he had friends with him," Wilson said. "That was the last time either of them were seen alive."
Matsen has a history with the police, he said.
On Oct. 26, Matsen's wife filed a restraining order against him because he was intoxicated and locked her and her son out of their house, he said.
"The court order required him to vacate the residence immediately and was last seen walking away on foot," Wilson said.
That evening Matsen confronted his wife, took the vehicle and drove away, he said. Not long afterward, Matsen returned and began to swing a metal baseball bat at his wife and left when she called the police, Wilson said.
After the attempted attack, police searched every bar, liquor store, hotel and motel within a five-mile radius of his home, he said.
"We never did find him," Wilson said.
He said Matsen was arrested in Edmonds, Wash., on Friday at about 5 p.m. after he was found intoxicated in his vehicle. Matsen was taken to a local mental institution because he was making suicidal statements, Wilson said. Police found a shotgun in Matsen's vehicle, he said.
"The hospital discharged him Friday night," Wilson said. "He was last seen departing the hospital."
He said police do not know how Matsen got to UNM, or what his connection to Albuquerque is.
When Matsen is released from UNM Hospital, UNM police will transport him to the Albuquerque Metropolitan Detention Center.
Lt. Pat Davis, of the UNM Police Department, said UNM police concluded its investigation and the case has been presented to the district attorney's office for extradition proceedings.
Wilson said there should be no problem getting Matsen back to Washington, but it could take several weeks.
"We have never failed to get a suspect back to us," he said.
