Kworld Trend / JBLM Soldier James Kelly Girlfriend Lily A Luksich, was also one of the shooting victims who was injured. Here’s more about their dating life.
James Kelly is an active duty member of the US Army and has been the talk of the town for the past few days. People started asking questions about Kelly when he was identified as the suspected mass shooter at the Beyond Wonderland EDM festival Saturday night.
Furthermore, Kelly was a joint fire support specialist assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment. Reportedly, his registered home is Strongsville, Ohio.
Apart from that, James received two Army Achievement Medals and the Parachutist Badge. Meanwhile, he did not serve on combat deployments.
JBLM Soldier James Kelly Girlfriend Lily A. Luksich
New court documents released Wednesday detail how the suspected Camp Gorge shooter may have been hallucinating on psychedelic mushrooms at the time of the incident.
The suspect was identified this week as 26-year-old Joint Base Lewis McCord Private James Kelly. Kelly is accused of shooting Joselyn Ruiz, 26, and her partner, Brandi Escamilla, 29, of Seattle. Both women were pronounced dead at the scene.
Kelly is also charged with shooting and wounding Andrew Cuadra, 31, of Eugene. Oregon, and Lilly Lokisch, 20, of Mill Creek. According to the documents, Luksich was his girlfriend, and the two traveled together to the Beyond Wonderland festival.
Kelly told police he took a dose of the mushroom on Saturday night. While he and Luksich were on their way to the festival, he said he “began to feel the effects” of the drug and was hallucinating.
He then “began to think that the world had ended and that he needed to go back to his camp immediately with Loksich”.
The two rushed to the campsite, where Kelly went and obtained his handgun from a locked box. He had stored in the center console of his truck. Before loading a magazine and exiting the vehicle with weapon in hand.
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Court documents go on to detail how Kelly shot and killed Ruiz and Escamilla. After the couple inadvertently crossed paths with him. Quadra had heard the gunfire, and after he had approached Kelly he was shot in the upper torso.
Kelly left the area near his truck while Lokisch called 911 and followed behind. When Crowd Management Services employee Lori Williams approached in a car. After hearing reports of the shooting, Kelly shot her, shattering the car’s windows and slashing her face.
From there, Kelly and Loksich moved to a nearby field, where Kelly fired at a Grant County Sheriff’s Office drone that had been sent to return gunfire.
As Kelly and Loksich continued along the fence line, he shot Loksich in the foot and upper leg, causing “permanent injuries”.
Kelly was then shot by a police officer and taken to a Spokane hospital in police custody.
Luksich’s family created a GoFundMe for her recovery.
Kelly is now being held in the Grant County Jail and faces charges of two counts of first-degree murder. Two counts of first-degree assault, and one count of domestic violence assault. Kelly was in court on Wednesday but has not filed a plea, and is being held without bail. He will return to court on July 5.
Who is JBLM Soldier James Kelly Girlfriend Lily A. Luksich’s Girlfriend?
Lily A. Luksich is the girlfriend of JBLM Private James Kelly. She is a 20-year-old woman who came to media prominence after she was identified as one of the shooting victims at the Beyond Wonderland EDM festival on Saturday night.
James allegedly opened fire, killing two people and wounding three others. Among the injured is his girlfriend, Lily, whom Kelly had told was the end before his alleged shooting spree.
On top of that, James returned to the campgrounds from the festival itself, where he allegedly took his gun from his pickup truck, loaded it up, and shot Brandi Escamilla and Joselyn Ruiz.
The couple died at the scene, and Kelly even shot the August Morningstar, who was shot in the shoulder and is now in stable condition. Aside from that, James attempted to shoot the Grant County Sheriff’s office drone and shot his girlfriend in the foot and upper leg.
Several times Lily lay on the floor, and James either sat on her or sat beside her and bent over her. At one point Lily started to walk north away from Kelly. Turned around with her hands in the air, and back to her boyfriend.
James Kelly and Lily A. Lokisch Dating & Relationship Timeline
James Kelly and Lily A. Loksic have been dating each other for a long time now. However, there are no details about when they started their romance.
The two names came to prominence in the media after the mass shooting in which both were injured. Kelly shoots Lily, while Kelly is shot by the police officer.
Moreover, James and Lily traveled to the music festival together. They set up camp in a tent in the Gorge, and sometime in the evening James takes a potion of mushrooms, and he and Lily walk to the concert venue.
While the duo are at the party venue, James begins to feel the effects of the mushroom potion and begins to have hallucinations.
Lily also tells the deputies that Kelly is beginning to believe the world is ending. And that he needs to go back to camp immediately with his girlfriend. After that, they moved to the campsite, and during that time. Kelly made multiple statements about what effect this would have in the end.
When they return to camp, Kelly returns to his pickup truck and grabs his handgun from a locked box in the center console. He loaded a magazine into the revolver, chambered a cartridge, and walked out from behind the driver’s door.
Where is James Kelly now?
James Kelly is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. One count of first-degree assault, and one count of first-degree domestic violence.
Moreover, Kelly has been booked in the Grant County Jail. Meanwhile, his motive remains unclear, and his next hearing is scheduled for July 5, 2023.
Apart from that, his allegedly injured girlfriend Lilly is recovering in the hospital where she was injured in the shooting. Two bullets seriously injured her foot, leg, pelvic bones, and internal organs.
After extensive surgery at Moses Lake Trauma Center, Lilly was airlifted to Harborview Hospital in Seattle. Moreover, she has suffered life-altering injuries, both physically and emotionally. Also, fundraisers have been created on GoFundMe, where people can donate to help her.
