The decline hearing to decide whether a Fall City teen should be tried in juvenile or adult court has been postponed again, over eight months since he was charged with fatally shooting five of his family members.
The Oct. 21, 2024, incident left two parents and three children dead, as well as one child injured, in a house on Lake Alice Road in the Fall City area. The 15-year-old accused of committing the homicide has been in juvenile detention since, as he and his defense team wait to learn whether he will be tried in juvenile or adult court.
The court held another status conference June 10, at which King County Superior Court Judge Veronica Galván expected to schedule the decline hearing, but she did not end up doing so…