Wilson Flint has been charged with 2nd Degree Murder in the shooting death of Adam Bierig on Nov. 24.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed a second-degree murder charge and a first-degree unlawful firearm charge against Wilson Lee Flint in the Nov. 24 fatal shooting of Adam Bierig in the city of SeaTac. He is 28 years old.
Mr. Flint has multiple prior convictions from charges handled by the KIng County Prosecutor's office. He was released by the Department of Corrections at the completion of his most recent sentence on April 15, 2019. Mr. Flint has a pending burglary case that was filed on Jan. 7.
From the charging documents:
"FLINT WAS HOME WHEN HIS GIRLFRIEND KELLY AND ASSOCIATE FRIDELL ARRIVED. FRIDELL BRIEFLY LEFT THEN RETURNED SAYING THAT HE HAD LEFT SOMETHING IN FLINT'S MOTHER'S CAR, WHICH KELLY HAD DRIVEN. FRIDELL WENT TO THE DOOR AND KNOCKED AND CALLED FLINT TO OPEN THE CAR BUT HE REFUSED. MOMENTS LATER FRIDELL'S ASSOCIATES BIERIG AND MILLER ARRIVED. BIEREG WENT TO HELP FRIDELL, WHO WAS STILL DEMANDING TO GET IN THE CAR AND THREATENING TO BREAK IN TO THE VEHICLE. BIERIG THEN BROKE A WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE. FLINT THEN CAME TO THE DOOR WITH A RIFLE. UPON SEEING FLINT, BIERIG AND FRIDELL BEGAN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CAR.
FLINT THEN FIRED A SINGLE SHOT, STRIKING BIEREG IN THE RIGHT REAR HIP. FRIDELL AND MILLER THEN HELPED BIERIG INTO THEIR CAR AND LEFT FOR HELP. BIERIG WAS TRANSPORTED TO HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. AT THE HOSPITAL IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BULLET HAD TRAVELED INTO BIERIG'S CHEST CREATING A LIFE THREATENING INJURY. DEPUTIES SURROUNDED THE HOUSE AND HOURS LATER FLINT AND KELLY CAME OUT TO SURRENDER. KELLY TOLD US THAT SHE SAW FLINT HOLDING THE RIFLE JUST AFTER HEARING THE SHOT. FLINT ADMITIED TO SHOOTING BIERIG IN DEFENSE OF HIS MOTHER'S CAR. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS AUTHORIZED AND A SKS 7.62 CALIBER RIFLE WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE. FLINT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF FOUR FELONY CRIMES IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, PROHIBITING HIM FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS."
The King County Prosecutor's office asked that Mr. Flint be held on $250,000 bail at the first appearance for this case when the victim, Adam Bierig was still alive. Bierig died after the first appearance, on Nov. 26, and we increased their bail request to $2 million. A judge agreed. Mr. Flint remains in the King County Jail.
Mr. Flint’s arraignment, where he’s expected to enter a plea, is scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in the GA courtroom of the MRJC.