A 15-year-old boy who was charged with first-degree assault for shooting another juvenile near the Auburn Sound Transit Station has pleaded guilty at his arraignment.

On May 30, a 15-year-old boy was charged with first-degree assault with a firearm and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. According to charging documents, the charges stem from a May 27 incident near the Auburn Sound Transit Station, 23 A St. SW, where the boy shot another teen and then ran from an officer.

Documents state that the officer who responded was on patrol near the scene when he heard the gunshot, and then saw the boy running with a gun in his hand. According to documents, the officer chased the boy, found the boy and arrested him, and then a firearm was found near him.

According to the Auburn Police Department, the victim who was shot was a 15-year-old male who suffered at least one gunshot wound. The shooting victim was treated at the scene and transported to Harborview Medical Center. According to a Harborview Medical Center spokesperson, the victim is in satisfactory condition and remains at the hospital.

According to documents, at his June 2 arraignment, where a plea is entered, the boy entered a guilty plea as charged on both charges. In his plea, the boy stated that he had assaulted the victim with a firearm, intending to inflict great bodily harm. The boy’s sentencing is scheduled for July 15.

With his prior convictions of two felonies and four misdemeanors, the boy had an offender score of three. Documents also state that the boy had a deferred felony second-degree attempted robbery, a felony second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and a felony theft of a firearm on his record. Additionally, the boy had the misdemeanors of two counts of theft, escape and possession of cannabis on his record.

With an offender score of three, the boy’s standard sentencing range for the first-degree assault is between 103 and 129 months, plus a mandatory 6 months because a firearm was used during the crime. For the first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm charge, the boy’s standard sentencing range is between 15 and 36 weeks.

Because the sentences for each charge are to run one after the other and not at the same time, this puts his total sentencing range between 118 and 165 weeks, plus six months. Including the added six months, the boy’s sentencing range, on the low end, is approximately two years and nine months, and on the high end, it is approximately three years and eight months.

Details of the incident

At about 2:30 p.m. May 27 an APD officer was on routine patrol near the Auburn Sound Transit Station when he heard a loud bang, which he believed to be a gunshot. Documents stated that moments later, the officer saw a male, later identified as the suspect, running with a black pistol in his right hand, pointed toward the ground.

The responding officer followed the boy and attempted to stop him multiple times, but he continued to flee. Documents stated that the boy was eventually detained about four blocks away from the shooting scene at Washington Federal Bank, 206 A St. SE., Auburn. According to documents, another officer recovered a Taurus G2C 9mm pistol under a vehicle near the boy.

An officer found the male shooting victim, identified as CB, lying on the ground near the Auburn Sound Transit Station. According to documents, CB had what appeared to be a single gunshot entry wound to his lower right abdomen, but there appeared to be no exit wound.

According to documents, the boy was transported to Harborview Medical Center, where he underwent surgery, and then the next day, he underwent another surgery. Documents stated that at the time, CB was unable to be interviewed.

Witnesses saw three boys near the Auburn Sound Transit Station arguing before one of them, dressed in the same color and kind of clothing as the boy, shot CB. Documents stated that multiple witnesses saw and heard the incident, and a security camera was positioned at the scene. However, as the incident occurred, a bus obstructed the camera’s view.

Despite the security footage being blocked, documents stated that exterior video footage from a nearby bus captured the scene, showing the boy walking with CB and an unknown subject before the incident. CB and the unknown subject began fighting, and then the boy raised his arms as if to shoot a gun.

After the boy raised his arms, CB fell to the ground, and people in the area began to run away. According to documents, the boy and CB had been riding together from Federal Way to the Auburn Sound Transit Station before meeting with the third unknown subject in Auburn.