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Ross: King County court brings self defense to new level in downtown-shooting judgment

BY DAVE ROSS
Yesterday in King County Superior Court, a jury found Marquise Tolbert not guilty of murder. According to the Seattle Times, he was so relieved he burst into tears and embraced his defense lawyers.

When I read the story, I, too, felt like bursting into tears, but for a different reason.

Here’s what happened: In January 2020, Tolbert and a friend – packing guns – had gone to Seattle’s most notorious intersection – 3rd and Pine – to target a rival gang member.

This guy also had a gun and threatened them with it. So Tolbert and Tolliver decided to run.

And as their pursuer fired at them, they fired back over their shoulders.

Tolbert fired 10 rounds; his friend fired nine. Unfortunately, there were also a lot of other people downtown. And during the course of that six-second gunbattle – six bystanders were shot by Tolbert and Tolliver. A woman in a wheelchair was shot three times in the abdomen. She went through 15 surgeries and now wears a colostomy bag. A 9-year-old walking with his family had his femur fractured. And Tanya Jackson, age 50, who had been crossing Third Avenue, collapsed outside the McDonald’s, and died from a gunshot wound.

And yesterday, the jury decided that, because Tolbert was firing in self-defense, he was not criminally responsible for the death of the woman crossing the street, or any of the other injuries.

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UFB. Rumors of Alec Baldwin seeking a change of venue to Seattle have not been verified.

Concealed carry license holder who shot at cousin’s attackers speaks out

by: Brónagh Tumulty
A family member who opened fire toward shooters who wounded his 17-year-old cousin on the city’s Lower West Side provided a clearer picture of the events that led up to the attack.

The 21-year-old man, who did not wish to be identified, said he and his family were celebrating a relative’s birthday Tuesday night along the 1800 block of W. 21st Place.

“It was my grandmother’s birthday,” he said.

Some of the relatives had gone to the alley at the back of the house to check out another cousin’s new car.

Then the family heard what they thought were firecrackers.

“I see my cousin’s face turn weird and I look to the right and see two gunmen at the end of the alley,” he said.

The family member said bullets started hurling toward them.

“We start hearing [whizzing sound] and then the light post starting making all these weird noises, so we’re like, ‘oh, this is serious,’” the man said.

The man, a concealed carry license holder, pulled out his gun.

“I started shooting,” he said. “I stood my ground. I didn’t even move. I stood my ground to defend my family.”

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