Man gets 26 years for fatal downtown Seattle shooting
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A 27-year-old accused of gunning down another man on a downtown Seattle street was sentenced Friday to 26 years in prison. Earlier this year, Jasper Harris entered a modified guilty plea to the June 22, 2007 shooting, which left Carlos Rodriguez dead and a second man injured.
According to police, Harris had been in a verbal altercation with
Rodriguez moments before he shot him in the 200 block of Pine Street.
After a brief argument, Harris went to his car, retrieved an SKS
semi-automatic assault rifle and shot Rodriguez twice in the back. One
bullet passed through Rodriguez and struck another man in the leg.
Police arrested Harris minutes after the shooting, which occurred at about 10:30 p.m. Officers found him hiding inside a garbage container with the rifle.
Arguing for the maximum allowed sentence, senior deputy prosecutor Amy Montgomery pointed out that, at the time Harris opened fire, the city street was full of pedestrians enjoying the summer evening.
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