The second-degree murder trial began for the man who fatally shot a 17-year-old carrying a BB gun, with his attorney stating that the man’s actions were a lawful use of force.
On April 23 at the King County Superior Court, Aaron Brown Myers, 52, charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault, sat in a courtroom with a blank stare on his face, looking forward for the majority of the proceedings, while the prosecution and his defense counsel delivered opening statements in a jury trial.
Myers’ charges stem from a June 5, 2024, incident where Myers fatally shot Hazrat “Ali” Rohani, a 17-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student, after Myers saw Rohani with two juvenile male friends walking with BB guns…