13-year-old killed man in Burien (WA) because he 'just felt like doing it', police say

KOMO News ^ | 4/27/2020 | Komo News Staff

[Uncle Miltie]

A 13-year-old boy suspected in a deadly Burien shooting last week told detectives he did it just because he "felt like doing it," according to police documents.

The 35-year-old victim was shot in the head Tuesday night in the 400 block of South 152nd Street in Burien, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. The man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center and died of his injuries a few days later.

Detectives say the suspect saw the victim, Hassan Ali Hassan, walking along S. 152nd Street and followed him for about a block before pulling out a gun and firing one shot as Hassan was walking away from him, striking him in the back of the head.

The gunman ran off to a friend's house and tried to get him to let him in, but then ran off again before they could open the door. The friend later identified the suspect to police.

Surveillance video was a key to finding their suspect.

"They were actually able to follow the suspect from the Burien Transit Center all the way to where he killed the victim, or where he shot the victim through all the different surveillance video," says Sgt. Ryan Abbott with the King County Sheriff's Office.

The suspect lived at the home of his former girlfriend and the homeowner confirmed to police the teen was gone at the time of the shooting and that her gun was also missing.

The teen was found walking on a Renton street on Friday and arrested. During the interview with detectives explaining the motive, the teen said he had been depressed and felt like if he didn't kill someone he would kill himself and because he "just felt like it," police said. Investigative documents don't suggest the suspect knew the victim.

“It's a tragic story,” said Abbott. “The victim never met this guy, didn't say anything to him. didn't even know it was coming."

The teen is being held at the Youth Service Center for investigation of murder, sheriff's officials said. Prosecutors have yet to decide if he will be charged as an adult.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

A future Inslee voter???

[Dr. Sivana]

Both Alaska (49th state) and Hawaii (50th state) joined the Union in 1959.

I know, but the last one to join before them was Arizona (my state) in 1912 or so. The original question had to do with how could Johnny's Cash's character in the song shoot a man outside of California and wind up imprisoned in another state. Reno, Nevada would not be plausible, so I mentioned Alaska and Hawaii as "new" states, meaning about to be come states at the time the song was released. Mainly, I was trying to be jocular.