'God told him he was not part of the family': Mesa man charged in wife's shooting death
A 19-year-old man watched his stepfather shoot his own mother in the face in their Mesa home early Monday morning, arrest records state.
David Hahn Osowski, 43, faces a premeditated first-degree murder charge on suspicion of shooting his wife, according to court documents.
The night before the shooting, the stepson told police he arrived home and fell asleep in his bedroom around 10 p.m. He awoke around midnight after hearing “commotion” outside his bedroom door, according to arrest records.
When the stepson stepped outside his room, he found his mother and Osowski in an argument. He told police Osowski was stating that “God told him he was not part of the family” and that Osowski’s wife and stepson were trying to hurt him, according to court records.
As Osowski continued to argue with his wife, he quickly went into the master bedroom and then into the closet, the stepson told police. Osowski’s wife and stepson followed him into the master bedroom before Osowski emerged from the closet holding a handgun, according to court records.
The stepson told police he then witnessed Osowski shoot his mother in the face five times, according to court records.
As the stepson ran from the house to call 911, he told police he heard 10 more gunshots coming from the house, arrest records said.
When Mesa police officers arrived at the home near Hobson and Main Street, they saw Osowski step out of his home with what appeared to be blood on his hands and clothes, police said.
Osowski was arrested without incident, documents state.
According to arrest records, Osowski told officers his wife was “dead on the bed.”
Police found a firearm on a counter inside the home, fired cartridge casings in the hallway leading to the master bedroom, a firearm on the bed and a firearm on the TV stand in the master bedroom, according to arrest records.
It is unknown whether Osowski was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the shooting.
Court documents state that Osowski was held on $1 million bond, with his court dates scheduled for June 12 and 14.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: David Osowski faces murder charge in wife's shooting death in Mesa
