A 51-year-old man is going through homicide costs after police in Washington allege he fatally shot a 17-year-old boy in a Huge 5 Sporting Items car parking zone on Wednesday, June 5, because the boy was making an attempt to return an airsoft gun with two buddies.
In response to a press launch from the Renton Police Division, the incident occurred round 7:30 p.m. in Renton, Wash.. The suspect, recognized as Aaron Brown Myers allegedly approached the three youngsters within the car parking zone and a bodily altercation ensued, charging doc filed on June 10 and reviewed by PEOPLE state.
The three youngsters have been strolling in direction of the shop to return an airsoft gun — beforehand reported as a BB gun — when the suspect approached them with a firearm, the charging doc state.
Myers, an off-duty cop, then allegedly shot the 17-year-old sufferer a number of occasions, police say.
Deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to the incident instantly and commenced “life-saving measures,” however the sufferer died on the scene, in accordance with the discharge.
Myers has been charged with second-degree homicide with a firearm enhancement and second-degree assault with a firearm enhancement. He’s presently being held within the King County Jail on a $2 million bail.
In response to the charging doc, Myers claimed he was within the space to do “overwatch” after noticing a rise of crimes within the car parking zone. He allegedly believed the group of teenagers have been going to “commit a violent theft.”
Investigators obtained surveillance footage from the sporting items retailer in addition to a close-by martial arts studio, which they are saying confirmed one of many youngsters eradicating the airsoft gun from his pocket and laying it on the bottom after Myers approached them with a gun.
Because the altercation continued, the suspect pushed {the teenager} to the bottom and straddled him whereas aiming his gun on the sufferer, who had “his fingers prolonged” to indicate that his palms have been empty, the charging doc states. Because the sufferer “briefly” lowered his arm to his waist whereas backing away from Myers, the suspect shot the sufferer a number of occasions, in accordance with the charging doc.
The 2 surviving youngsters claimed that they repeatedly informed Myers that “it was not an actual gun, it was a BB gun,” per the charging doc.
On Friday, June 7, the Kent Reporter recognized the sufferer as native highschool pupil Hazrat Ali Rohani after the college’s principal confirmed his loss of life in an e mail to households.
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“Our ideas are along with his family and friends throughout this delicate time,” the principal wrote.
The charging doc states that an post-mortem by the King County Medical Examiner’s Workplace decided Rohani’s reason behind loss of life to be a number of gunshot wounds. {The teenager} sustained a minimum of seven gunshot wounds with six of them coming into by his again.
It’s unclear if Myers has retained an lawyer to talk on his behalf.
