A suspect who police said confessed to the brutal murder of a 65-year-old veteran has now been released by a Seattle judge. Police say 19-year-old K’Shawn Konscience Jimerson called 911 on Friday and confessed to stabbing someone with a knife in Renton, Washington, according to KCPQ.
Officers from the Renton Police Department arrived at the scene to find 65-year-old handyman and veteran Michael Gray with multiple stab wounds to his back and side.
Gray was found inside the apartment of the Jimerson family, where Jimerson’s grandmother had hired him to do handyman work. He had reportedly spent a day and a half cleaning the walls of the apartment before the deadly incident happened.
Gray was not a stranger to the Jimersons, as he was a neighbor. Jimerson claimed self defense and was released one day after his arrest by King County District Court Judge Michele Gehlsen. She set his bond at $50,000, much less than the $2 million requested by the prosecutor. […]
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