Cops: Accused Mukilteo shooter jealous about loss of 'dream girl'

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EVERETT, Wash. -- Allen Ivanov, the 19-year-old accused in the mass shooting in Mukilteo, said that it was about his "dream girl," court documents say.

The documents, written by Mukilteo police Detective John Ernst, say Ivanov crept outside the home in the Chennault Beach neighborhood with an AR-15 rifle he had bought a week earlier. The rifle was so new that he had to read its instruction manual to operate it as he sat in his car outside the home where a party was going on.

As he was hiding outside the home, a male who was at the party discovered him, Ivanov told police. "No, no," the party goer said.

He told police he was scared and opened fire. "He stated at that point that it was too late to turn back, and once he had pulled the trigger his adrenaline kicked in," Ernst wrote.

Ivanov went into the house and found his former girlfriend, Anna Bui, and shot her twice, court documents say.

He saw a male running toward the house and shot him. He went to a balcony off the master bedroom and shot two more males, court documents say. Ivanov went to the roof, but realized that he was out of ammunition.

Ivanov returned to his car.

He had another magazine in his car. He had bought it hours earlier after he left his job at the Apple Store at Alderwood Mall. He said he was sick.

Ivanov said he was loading the magazine in the call and intended to go back into the party and use the AR-15 rifle more. Instead, he drove away.

In addition to Bui, Jordan Ebner, and Jake Long were also killed. All were 19. A fourth shooting victim, identified by friends as Will Kramer, is at Harborview Medical Center.

His lawyers expected charges to be Tuesday and say it could be a capital case in which the death penalty could be a punishment option. At a brief court hearing Monday afternoon, he was ordered to be held without bail and to have no contact with the families of the victims.

The documents portray a distraught Ivanov who was jealous that Bui had moved on with her life and had begun dating other men.

Ivanov, questioned by police after he had been arrested in Chehalis on Saturday morning, told investigators that he had broken up with Bui two months earlier, but realized it had been a mistake. He wanted to resume his relationship with her.

She was the first girl he had kissed, he told police.

He told police that he bought the rifle the week before for target practice and intended to take gun-safety classes. He told police that he saw the gun "as a symbol of power."

"He was a nice guy when I knew him. Nice guy, funny guy. Hyper guy. He got excited, like happy," said Sultan Akbar, a high school friend who last spoke to Ivanov on graduation day in 2015. "On some situations, he did get extremely, profusely angry."

"It’s just shocking, shocking that he did it and they’re not here anymore," Akbar added.

Police report that someone from Kentucky told officers that Ivanov had sent him text messages about committing a mass shooting.

Ivanov's attorneys told KOMO News' Jennifer Sullivan on Monday that Ivanov's family is grief-stricken. He is their only child, and they considered Bui a daughter.

Ivanov is "very quiet .. he's having some trouble right now," said one of the lawyers, Zachary Wagnild.

“They obviously didn’t see this coming and are grieving along with many others in this community over what happened,” said Tim Leary, who is also representing Ivanov.

Ivanov, who is being held for investigation of three counts of first degree murder, including one count of aggravated first degree murder, and a fourth count of attempted murder made his first court appearance by video link Monday from the Snohomish County Jail. Prosecutors asked Ivanov be held without bail, and the judge agreed. Ivanov is also barred from having contact with any victims or their families.

On Monday KOMO News obtained a note that Ivanov's former attorney says was written by the suspect and given to him by Ivanov's mother. It contains messages to family and friends, including several that mention "the next life."

Prosecutors have until Wednesday to file formal charges and Ivanov's formal arraignment has not yet been scheduled.