The Brief
- Donald Pleasant, a local muralist, was critically injured after 10-time convicted felon Rashad Tyree Mackey fired a gun into a moving King County Metro bus over a missing phone.
- Investigators identified and arrested Mackey through transit video, trash evidence, and phone records, leading to charges of first-degree assault and unlawful firearm possession.
- Held on $5 million bail, Mackey faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole under Washington’s “Three Strikes” law due to his prior violent felony convictions.
SEATTLE – Surveillance video and court documents obtained by FOX 13 Seattle reveal the harrowing details of a July 5 shooting aboard a King County Metro bus.
The shooting in Seattle’s SODO District left a local artist clinging to life and a 10-time convicted felon facing a potential life sentence under Washington’s “Three Strikes” law.
The victim, Donald Pleasant, 36, was riding the bus home after spending a normal summer day with his 12-year-old son. He ended the night in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center after being shot three times in the chest and back.…