A 15-year-old boy who was charged with first-degree assault for shooting another teen at Auburn Sound Transit Station has been sentenced.
On Sept. 24, the 15-year-old boywas sentenced to spend between 103 and 129 weeks in the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration for first-degree assault, plus six months for a firearm enhancement. He was additionally sentenced to spend between 15 and 36 weeks in the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration for unlawful possession of a firearm.
The boy, who is not being named because he is a minor, shot another boy on May 27 at the Auburn Sound Transit Station. He had pleaded guilty at his arraignment on June 2.
According to King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson Douglas Wagoner, the boy’s two sentences will run one after the other, not at the same time. Additionally, he stated that the boy’s compliance can impact his release date within his sentencing range, but those decisions are ultimately made by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.
The boy’s sentence on the low end could be 2.7 years, and on the high end 3.6 years. The boy will be between 17 and 18 years old when he is released, and he will register as a firearm felon, documents state.
With his prior convictions of two felonies and four misdemeanors, the boy had an offender score of three. The boy’s standard sentencing range for the first-degree assault was between 103 and 129 months, plus a mandatory six 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 was between 15 and 36 weeks.
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.
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 state 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. 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 state 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 state 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.
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.
