A Seattle man received a 20-year sentence for the 2023 fatal shooting of a woman behind the Muckleshoot Casino.
On Feb. 20, a King County Superior Court judge sentenced Marketha McCoy, 24, to 240 months — 20 years — in prison for second-degree murder, after pleading guilty to the crime on Dec. 11, 2025. This charge stems from the June 28, 2023, fatal shooting of Kayshia B. Hardiman, 37.
Documents state that with one adult felony and six juvenile felonies, McCoy has an offender score of seven, putting the range for his sentence between 216 and 316 months — between 18 years and about 26 years. As part of a felony plea agreement, McCoy agreed to request confinement of no less than 180 months (15 years). Additionally, as part of his plea agreement and amended information in his second-degree murder charge, a mandatory firearm enhancement would not be added to McCoy’s sentence…