Duluth Man Charged After Mother Found Fatally Shot in Living Room

Aug 20

A Duluth man has been charged with murder after authorities say he admitted to killing his mother inside their home last weekend.

According to a criminal complaint, officers were called to Ninth Avenue East around 10:50 p.m. on Aug. 16 after a neighbor reported a disturbing encounter.

> Sign up for the MN CRIME newsletter

The neighbor told police that 46-year-old Nathan Douglas Davin knocked on their door while wearing only boxer shorts and that he appeared intoxicated. Davin reportedly mentioned something about a fatality inside his home.

When officers approached, they saw blood on Davin’s hands. Asked about it, Davin told them, “I found my mom f***ing dead.” Inside the home, police found a woman born in 1951 sitting in a recliner with a severe gunshot wound to her face. Blood was on her clothing, the chair, and the wall behind her. Officers recovered a spent pistol casing on the floor and a bullet in the victim’s hair near the exit wound.

In Davin’s bedroom, officers found two pistols in plain view along with additional firearms stored in an unlocked safe. A Glock 9mm pistol with apparent blood on it was on a nightstand. Investigators also located a box of Sig Sauer ammunition that matched the recovered casing, bullet and live round found inside the house. Officers seized Davin’s clothing, which had blood on it, as evidence.

READ MORE > Duluth coverage

While Davin was left alone in an interview room at the Public Safety Building, he was recorded saying, “G** d*** it, I killed my mother.”

Davin is charged with second-degree murder with intent, not premeditated, a felony offense that carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison if convicted.

> See more of our latest coverage