"I snapped." Affidavit reveals details of Marsha Lane murder
A police affidavit has provided details on an incident this past Thursday in which a 61-year-old Wichita Falls man is accused of shooting and killing his older brother.
According to the affidavit, Stanley Ralicki, 69, had come to Wichita Falls to move his brother, Raymond, to Arizona. Stanley was accompanied by a friend, Curtis Cremona.
On Thursday afternoon, Stanley and Cremona were in the backyard of Raymond Ralicki's home in the 4800 block of Marsha Lane. Raymond was in the house filling out Medicaid paperwork.
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Stanley went into the house to urge Raymond to hurry, then returned to the backyard. Raymond came into the yard with a revolver and shot Stanley twice. He shot at Cremona twice, but missed. Then he urged Cremona to shoot him, which the man refused to do and instead called 9-1-1.
Officers arrived to find Raymond in the front yard with his gun. He first refused orders to drop it and then yelled for the officers to shoot him, saying he was going to prison for the rest of his life and would rather be dead.
"I snapped. I should have shot myself instead," he said, according to the affidavit.
Officers wrestled him to the ground and took him into custody.
Raymond Ralicki had a medical episode when he was taken to the police department and was taken to a hospital.
He was released Monday and was jailed in lieu of $200,000 bail for the murder of his brother and $50,000 on an aggravated assault charge for firing shots at Cremona.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Murder suspect moved from hospital to jail
