More details emerged Sunday in the bizarre shooting death of renowned local sound engineer Tom Pfaeffle.
Pfaeffle, 49, who had worked with music groups that include Nirvana, The Black Crowes and Heart, owned and operated The Tank, a recording studio adjacent to his home in the woods of Black Diamond. He also worked as an instructor at the Art Institute of Seattle, teaching audio production.
He is survived by a wife and four children.
Pfaeffle was killed Friday at the Blue Spruce Motel in Twisp. Twisp Police Chief Rick Balam said Pfaeffle and his wife were in town to attend a birthday party when it appeared the couple inadvertently returned to the wrong room at about 10:40 p.m.
Pfaeffle apparently was trying to put his key into Unit 7 when a man inside shot at him, the chief said.
Pfaeffle and his wife managed to retreat and take cover behind a car in the parking lot, Balam said. Emergency crews later took Pfaeffle to the Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, where he died about two hours after the shooting.
Pfaeffle, 49, who had worked with music groups that include Nirvana, The Black Crowes and Heart, owned and operated The Tank, a recording studio adjacent to his home in the woods of Black Diamond. He also worked as an instructor at the Art Institute of Seattle, teaching audio production.
He is survived by a wife and four children.
Pfaeffle was killed Friday at the Blue Spruce Motel in Twisp. Twisp Police Chief Rick Balam said Pfaeffle and his wife were in town to attend a birthday party when it appeared the couple inadvertently returned to the wrong room at about 10:40 p.m.
Pfaeffle apparently was trying to put his key into Unit 7 when a man inside shot at him, the chief said.
Pfaeffle and his wife managed to retreat and take cover behind a car in the parking lot, Balam said. Emergency crews later took Pfaeffle to the Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak, where he died about two hours after the shooting.
