Sone Falealo is a redshirt freshman offensive lineman for Washington State. After starting at Idaho, he transferred to WSU and hadn’t played for the Cougars yet when tragedy hit early Sunday morning after the 2025 Apple Cup. Falealo was working as security at an off-campus apartment party near Pullman when the tragedy started to escalate. Jakori Cezon Buchanan , a 20-year-old University of Washington student, got into several heated altercations during the party.

Falealo and a couple of his teammates were asked to help keep the peace due to prior noise complaints. They even intervened multiple times, but then finally Falealo confronted Buchanan. He took him outside, knocked him down, and helped restrain him. That’s when Buchanan pulled a handgun, struck Falealo with it, and fired a sho

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