A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting his girlfriend to death also shot himself in an attempt to make it look like someone else was responsible, prosecutors said. Matthew D. DuBois has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Mikarah Sanders.
Prosecutors have charged DuBois as an adult.
According to court documents, DuBois was angry at Sanders because of a comment that an ex-boyfriend had left on her MySpace page.
The two were arguing at an apartment complex at 12445 Ambaum Boulevard SW on New Year's Eve, and Mikarah was shot once in the face.
Another girl who was in the apartment initially told police that DuBois was not the gunman, but she later recanted her story and said she lied at DuBois' request because she was scared of him.
She eventually told investigators that she was in another room when she heard a single gun shot. She looked into the other room and saw DuBois on top of Mikarah, and he told her to call 911, the documents said. The girl said DuBois then shot himself in the shoulder, told her to lie to police, and went to a different apartment.
Mikarah, who had been shot in the head, was rushed to Harborview Medical Center where she later died. DuBois has prior juvenile convictions for witness tampering, unlawful possession of a firearm, burglary, and auto theft. He is currently in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Harborview and was scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 13. If convicted as charged, he could face up to 25 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Apartment Fire
A 2-alarm fire tore through an apartment complex in Burien early Wednesday, Jan. 6, but no one was injured. Firefighters were called to the English Garden Apartments at 515 S.W. 152nd St. about 4:45 a.m., and arrived to find the top part of the building already on fire.
Several units were heavily damaged by fire and water, but a firewall prevented flames from spreading to some of the other apartments. Everyone who was in the building when the fire broke out made it outside safely. Officials said the blaze started in an upstairs apartment, but the exact cause of the fire is under investigation.
Man locks himself in airport bathroom
A man was arrested after barricading himself in a restroom at Sea-Tac International Airport. The man entered a small one-room family restroom in the airport and refused to come out. He told Port of Seattle Police that he had a gun and wanted to fly somewhere but didn't have a ticket. The man finally surrendered and officials said he was never armed. He was taken to the King County Jail and charged with 2nd degree burglary.
