A now 20-year-old Kent man received a prison sentence of just over 13 years for his lead role in the killing of a 13-year-old boy in 2024 at a Kent park.
Faysal Abdullahi, one of four charged with murder in the case, pleaded guilty June 11 to first-degree manslaughter and first-degree robbery, according to court documents. Following his guilty plea in the fatal shooting of Matthiew Stavkovy, King County Superior Court Judge Brian M. McDonald issued a sentence of 161 months, 12 months longer than what prosecutors requested.
King County prosecutors agreed to reduce the initial charge of first-degree murder to manslaughter in return for a guilty plea by Abdullahi. The cases for the other three, joined as co-defendants, are in the pre-trial stage. Prosecutors argued for a high-end sentencing of Abdullahi, 125 months for manslaughter, plus 24 months for a deadly firearm enhancement and 54 months for robbery to run concurrent with the first charge for a total of 149 months…