GRANT COUNTY, Wash. - The man charged with killing two people and injuring three others at the Gorge Amphitheatre last week claimed he was hallucinating on mushrooms and believed "the world was ending," according to court documents obtained by FOX 13 News.An active duty soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 26-year-old James Kelly, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault – one of those a domestic violence charge.A detective with Washington State Patrol interviewed Kelly while he was being treated at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane.
According to court documents, Kelly explained he went to the Beyond Wonderland music festival with his girlfriend, and on the evening of June 17, he took a dose of mushrooms and went to the venue.While at the venue, Kelly told investigators he began to hallucinate from the mushrooms and suffered a "bad trip," hallucinating that "the world was ending" and he needed to get back to the campground with his girlfriend.His girlfriend told police he said several times, "This is the end."He said he walked back to his pickup, grabbed his handgun from the center console, loaded it, and began randomly shooting people.Court documents say he shot and killed 26-year-old Josilyn Ruiz and 29-year-old Brandy Escamilla, then shot 31-year-old Andrew Cuadra or "August Morningstar" who came to investigate the sounds of gunshots.RELATED: Seattle couple identified as victims killed in Beyond Wonderland music festival shooting; Shooter ID'dKelly's girlfriend followed him as he walked through the campground, but managed to call 911 and tell police "her man had a gun" before Kelly took her phone and discarded it, court docs say.They walked northeast to the.