Overview
- Nation Wood pleaded not guilty on Friday, and a judge set bail at $300,000 with conditions that include electronic monitoring and no firearms.
- Police say officers arrived around 10:43 p.m. Tuesday at a 22nd Avenue apartment and found Samantha Emge with a gunshot wound; she died at a hospital.
- Charging records describe the death as occurring without malice, and investigators say Wood told them he was dry-firing a gun when it discharged.
- Multiple outlets report the bullet passed through a wall and struck Emge while she was in a bathroom, a detail authorities are still examining.
- The case has drawn added attention after a White House spokesperson confirmed Wood’s prior advance work during the Biden administration, and investigators say further court proceedings are set as they continue to gather evidence.