Seattle man, 19, charged in Kent apartment killing; injuring 2 others | Kent Reporter

A 19-year-old Seattle man faces prices of first-degree homicide and first-degree assault for allegedly capturing three males Aug. 28 inside a Kent house.

Dijion Ray Taylor-Johnson reportedly killed Reese Gainer, 23, who was within the strategy of shifting to Washington from Atlanta, Georgia. He allegedly critically injured a 23-year-old Kent man and one other 23-year-old man who additionally was shifting to the state from Georgia, throughout a capturing at about 8:45 p.m. on the Irwin Park Flats, 25822 one hundred and tenth Ave. SE.

Taylor-Johnson is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 27 on the Maleng Regional Justice Middle in Kent. Taylor-Johnson stays within the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle with bail set at $4 million.

Taylor-Johnson and a second shooter, who has not been recognized, reportedly fired a minimum of 22 pictures contained in the house, based on charging papers. One shooter positioned himself outdoors the eating room window, the place one of many victims was sitting inside dealing with away from the window and watching TV as his mom fastened dinner for them within the kitchen.

The opposite shooter positioned himself outdoors the sliding glass door, lower than 10 toes from the place two males, together with Gainer, have been sleeping on the sofa, based on court docket paperwork.

Earlier on Aug. 28, Taylor-Johnson reportedly shot and injured in Seattle one of many similar males he later injured once more on the house capturing, based on charging papers. Taylor-Johnson had been requested to maneuver out of the Kent house. He additionally was confronted by the person about an affair Taylor-Johnson was having with one among his mates.

Taylor-Johnson allegedly shot the person within the leg. Inside hours, and whereas the person was nonetheless on the hospital, Taylor-Johnson reportedly messaged the person on Instagram, taunting him and claiming that he might have killed him if he needed to, based on court docket paperwork.

Simply hours after the person was launched from the hospital and returned to his Kent house, Taylor-Johnson and one other shooter reportedly carried out the threats and fired the a number of pictures on the Kent house.

A pal of Taylor-Johnson, nonetheless, informed detectives that a couple of days after the murder Taylor-Johnson stated he, “went in there and shot them,” in order that they might not shoot him in retaliation of the sooner capturing in Seattle.

“There isn’t a different option to describe the defendant’s conduct aside from brazen, aggressive and critically harmful,” wrote Senior Deputy Prosecuting Lawyer Brandy Gevers in court docket paperwork.

When Kent Cops arrived on the house, they discovered one man acutely aware outdoors the rear sliding glass door, based on police paperwork. He had been shot a minimum of twice within the higher portion of his again. One other man had a number of gunshot wounds and was laying on the lounge ground. Gainer was unconscious and laying close to the opposite man on the lounge ground. He had a number of gunshot wounds, together with a minimum of one to the pinnacle.

The sample of casings on the bottom indicated to detectives that there have been probably two shooters.

Paramedics transported the three males to Harborview Medical Middle in Seattle. Gainer later died from his accidents. He suffered 4 gunshot wounds, two went by his head and prompted his demise, based on the King County Medical Examiner’s Workplace. One shot went by his hand and one other grazed his clavicle.

Detectives found that Gainer and one other man have been briefly staying on the Kent house after they’d simply arrived Aug. 26 from Atlanta. They have been in search of a spot to stay.

Taylor-Johnson reportedly obtained in an argument at a Seattle house with two of the lads that led to the preliminary capturing, based on court docket paperwork.

Detectives had the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab run exams on the casings present in Seattle and Kent and that confirmed the casings gave the impression to be from the identical gun, based on charging papers.

Detectives have been supplied with a telephone quantity for Taylor-Johnson and obtained a court docket order for real-time location pings. On Sept. 6, that led detectives to an Auburn house the place they noticed Taylor-Johnson exiting an house and fascinating in an unrelated capturing, based on court docket paperwork.

Auburn Police arrested Taylor-Johnson for investigation of the capturing.

The cellphone data led detectives to position the telephone within the space of the Aug. 28 Kent and Seattle shootings.

Taylor-Johnson agreed to speak to detectives. He stated he fired pictures on the Seattle house after the 2 males approached him. He denied firing pictures contained in the Kent house. He stated he was on the house however {that a} pal fired the pictures.