The Brief
- King County prosecutors have officially charged Robert Ousley with first-degree murder for a targeted, premeditated shooting in Kent.
- Investigators reveal that a key 18-year-old eyewitness and a 4-year-old child were killed less than two weeks later in a high-speed police pursuit crash involving the suspect.
- The state has requested a $10 million bail, citing extreme safety risks and a history of threatening witnesses at gunpoint.
SEATTLE – A Las Vegas man faces first-degree murder charges after allegedly gunning down a man in an apartment parking lot in Kent, just two weeks before causing a deadly crash on SR-18 in early June.
Prosecutors allege that 23-year-old Robert Bernard Ousley shot a man to death on May 24. On June 4, authorities say Ousley was speeding state troopers on SR-18 before crashing near I-5. The force of the crash killed two people and left two injured.
Ousley faces charges of first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Details of the shooting
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