Footage shows man released by judge fatally beat senior citizen in Seattle: cops

A Seattle man launched from jail in July after allegedly threatening to kill a transit cop now faces homicide prices over an unprovoked, caught-on-tape deadly assault on a senior citizen.

Video allegedly exhibits Aaron Fulk, 48, strike 66-year-old Rodney Peterman with a metallic pole in broad daylight Aug. 2 at Pike Avenue and Third Avenue, in response to KOMO Information.

Fulk saved placing Peterman after the older man collapsed unconscious, fracturing his cranium, in response to police.

An excellent Samaritan is seen within the video trying to cease the assault however was too late. Peterman succumbed to his accidents 4 days later, the Seattle Instances stated.

“I apologize for not being there yet one more membership strike earlier,” stated Loren Web page, who got here to the sufferer’s assist, to KOMO Information.

The alleged assailant — who had prior run-ins with the legislation in Idaho — was arrested in close by Pierce County in July for threatening to kill a cop, in response to experiences.

A choose there opted to launch him regardless of prosecutors’ request he be held on $10,000 bail, KOMO Information stated.

Fulk is at present being held in King County on $2.5 million bail, the report stated.