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Prosecutors charged a man with first-degree murder Monday in connection to a deadly Friday morning shooting in north Casper.

Jason T. John made his initial appearance in Natrona Count Circuit Court, where a judge set his bond at $150,000. John's public defender, Rob Oldham, said the court process had just begun but the shooting appeared to be an act of self-defense.

"The law in Wyoming says you have a right to defend yourself in your own home," Oldham said.

Authorities suspect John, 32, shot and killed Wesley Willow Jr. around 4 a.m. Friday at a trailer home on the 1200 block of North Center Street. Willow was 29 and lived in Casper, according to the Natrona County Coroner's Office. Prosecutor Marty Scott said John was "lying in wait" on the morning of the shooting.

According to court documents in the case, dispatchers received a call at 4:12 a.m. from a woman who said one man had shot another. The woman who called said she had hidden the gun.

When police arrived at the scene, they found Willow on the floor. Police tried to revive him but could not do so, the documents state.

John later made unsolicited statements that he had shot Willow, according to police.