The News Tribune
May 15, 2015
Lawrence Howse’s birthday is later this month.
The man everyone knew as “Larry” probably would have wanted to celebrate his 56th with a day of fishing followed by a family get-together featuring barbecued salmon and crab.
Instead, his brother David Howse said Wednesday in Pierce County Superior Court, the family will mark the occasion in a solemn fashion.
“I will celebrate it by putting flowers on my brother’s grave,” David Howse told Judge Garold Johnson.
He spoke during the sentencing hearing of 19-year-old Andrew Boyd, who was convicted of first-degree murder for his role in Larry Howse’s death. The Tacoma man was fatally shot Aug. 31, 2013, in the garage of his Stadium District condominium building.
Relatives and friends of Larry Howse asked Johnson to give Boyd the maximum sentence: 26 years, 8 months in prison.