A 17-year-old boy has turned himself in for the random killing of a sleeping passenger on a Seattle bus – in what police described as a “senseless execution.”
Miguel Rivera Dominguez, of Burien, Washington, surrendered peacefully to authorities Monday, the King County Sheriff’s Office said.
The teenager is expected to be charged as an adult with first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in the Oct. 3 shooting death of 21-year-old Marcel Wagner.
Rivera Dominguez had been riding a King County Metro bus in White Center, a neighborhood south of Seattle, for about 15 minutes, wearing a full ski mask, when he pulled the cord to request a stop and then fired a barrage of bullets at Wagner, who appeared to be sleeping. court documents state.
The teenager opened fire on a fellow passenger “without any provocation, and in fact without ever having interacted with the victim at all,” wrote deputy prosecutor Lauren Burke.
Miguel Rivera Dominguez (left and right) turned himself in to police Monday in the Oct. 3 fatal shooting of a Seattle bus. King County Sheriff’s Office The 17-year-old suspect is accused of shooting 21-year-old Marcel Wagner in the neck and head 5 times while the man was sleeping. Family Distribution
The 17-year-old allegedly fired five shots into Wagner’s head and neck at point-blank range “without saying a word.”
“The defendant’s senseless conduct against a stranger strongly suggests that if released on his own recognizance or with low bail, he will commit future violent crimes,” Burke wrote in asking that bail be set at $3 million prior to the suspect’s arrest.
A friend who was with Rivera Dominguez on the bus later told detectives that he did not warn that the 17-year-old was going to shoot dead a sleeping passenger, whom they did not know, according to charging papers.
Rivera Dominguez was riding a King County Metro bus with a friend when he opened fire on a sleeping passenger without provocation, according to officials. KING-TV The gunman also fired two shots through the back door of the bus before fleeing. KING-TV
There were about a dozen other people on the bus who appeared to be shocked by the shooting, including the shooter’s friend, King County sheriff’s detective John Free wrote in a probable cause statement, citing bus surveillance video.
After killing Wagner, Rivera Dominguez was seen in the footage firing two shots through the back door of the bus, before taking off with his friend, authorities said.
Detectives identified the murder suspect by following him and his friend using surveillance cameras, eventually tracking them to a neighborhood in Burien.
Investigators used the address provided by neighbors to identify Rivera Dominguez through earlier reports that he had run away from the home.
Rivera Dominguez’s friend told police that he had no warning that the teenager was going to kill a sleeping stranger. King County Sheriff’s Office
Surveillance video from the Boys and Girls Club shows Rivera Dominguez changing clothes and removing his mask in the locker room shortly after the fatal shooting.
Rivera Dominguez has no prior criminal record, said Casey McNerthney, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.
With Postal wire
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