Ian Cranston appeared virtually with his attorney on Jan. 28 at a hearing at Deschutes County Circuit Court, where Circuit Judge Beth Bagley set future dates for Cranston’s re-trial in the 2021 shooting death of Barry Washington Jr.
A new 10-day in-person trial will begin on Oct. 20. A general trial readiness hearing will happen Sept. 21, and an omnibus hearing on Aug. 17.
Cranston won’t be re-charged with murder of the second degree, of which a jury acquitted him during his initial conviction on Nov. 16, 2022, because that would be double jeopardy.
He could still be convicted of the same initial charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon — all felonies.
Deputy District Attorney Brooks McClain will lead the prosecution, as he did in the original trial.
Sporting a haircut and trimmed beard, Cranston, 31, didn’t speak during the hearing. He’s been out on bail from Deschutes County Jail since his Jan. 12 release hearing, having posted 10% of his $500,000 bail, the Source reported.
Cranston’s 2022 conviction of manslaughter in the first and second degrees and other felonies stemming from the Sept. 19, 2021, shooting death of Barry Washington Jr. were overturned by the Oregon Court of Appeals in Oct 2025, due to a procedural error, the Source reported. In its appeal, Cranston’s defense argued that the jury should have been informed that a person does not have the duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense in Oregon.
Cranston originally pleaded not guilty of all charges in Dec. 2021.
Conditions of Cranston’s release include not using, possessing or purchasing any firearms, ammunition or alcohol. He is prohibited from entering any place where alcohol is the chief item for sale. On top of that, he cannot go within 150 feet of The Capital nightclub (outside of which the shooting happened), nor is he allowed to contact the surviving members of Washington’s family.
On Sept. 19, 2021, Cranston, who was 27 at the time and living in Redmond, was drinking with his fiancée at The Capital in downtown Bend. Cranston had a permit to carry a concealed firearm and was carrying a handgun. (In Oregon, it’s not illegal to be drinking while carrying a legal gun, the Source reported.) An argument broke out regarding attention that Washington, 22, was paying Cranston’s partner. Outside the club, Washington, who had recently moved to Bend from the Bay Area, punched Cranston twice, after which Cranston shot Washington once in the torso, killing him.
The shooting death of Washington, who was unarmed and Black, came during a national movement of racial justice protests stemming from the 2020 death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. Cranston is white.
A bronze memorial for Washington, paid for by crowdsourcing and permitted by the City, now stands near the site of the shooting at the corner of NW Wall Street and NW Oregon Avenue.
This article appears in the Source February 5, 2026.
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