Comment on Recording of suspects to be centerpiece of Seattle ‘Jungle’ shooting trial

Recording of suspects to be centerpiece of Seattle ‘Jungle’ shooting trial

The most damning piece of evidence against two brothers accused of killing two people and seriously wounding three others at The Jungle homeless encampment may be a 90-minute audio and video recording of the teens discussing the January 2016 shootings, according to records filed in King County Superior Court. “The brothers eagerly admitted to (two Seattle police informants) their involvement in the homicide, shooting and robbery in the Jungle,” and they provided them with a detailed description of the shootings, say court records. During the same meeting in the homeless brothers’ tent near CenturyLink Field, one of the informants purchased a weapon allegedly used in the shooting, a .45-caliber handgun, with $500 provided by a Seattle police detective, the court records say. James and Jerome Taafulisia are about to stand trial on two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault in connection with the Jan.

 

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