Man charged with first-degree murder in Shoreline, WA shooting

The Brief

  • Hector Gonzalez Medina, 43, has been charged with first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement for allegedly shooting his wife in Shoreline on Oct. 27, after she said she was leaving him.
  • Medina confessed to the crime, detailing how he waited outside her friend’s apartment, shot her through her truck window, reloaded, and shot her again; he attempted to dispose of evidence afterward.
  • Medina is scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 4 at 8:30 a.m.

SHORELINE, Wash. A King County man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to a deadly domestic violence shooting in Shoreline earlier this week.

The King County Prosecutor’s Office charged Hector Gonzalez Medina, 43, with first-degree murder domestic violence with a firearm enhancement. Medina is accused of gunning down his wife in Shoreline on Oct. 27, a week after she said she was leaving him.

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