Not guilty plea in Bellevue bar shooting

January 10, 2013 @ 10:25 am

SEATTLE (AP) - The man accused of fatally shooting a man early Christmas Eve at a Bellevue bar pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge.

The 19-year-old Renton man, Ja'Mari Alexander Jones, would face a sentence of 20 to 28 years in prison if convicted.

Police say he killed DeShawn Milliken and wounded another man at Munchbar in Bellevue Square Mall as hundreds of people, including some Seahawks players, celebrated a football victory. Jones was arrested Jan. 2 in a stolen car in Lakewood.

In 2009 Jones was one of three teens convicted of manslaughter as a juvenile in the beating death of a Seattle street performer known as Tuba Man.

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Information from: KOMO-TV, http://www.komotv.com/


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  • seatown sports fanatic wrote...
    kill that fukkr!
    December 29, 2012 6:59 am
    Why isnt this p/o/s getting the death penalty!? F that scum bag!
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Wow!............
    December 29, 2012 8:39 am
    Tell us how you really feel about it and don't hold back!

    In Other News: I suppose they have to start somewhere by filing charges, but this pipsquesk is long gone and his hoopty ride is probably abandoned and just hasn't been found yet.

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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    bellevue pd
    December 29, 2012 9:42 am
    please don't waste too much time on this case. 2 thugs minus 1 thug = 1 thug. not so awful for society.
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  • deltta wrote...
    Lets try some new math
    December 29, 2012 9:46 am
    2 thugs minus 2 thugs= 2 less thugs
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    Ironically
    December 29, 2012 9:58 am
    Where he's going, the Munch Bar will be his butt.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    Actually until he his convicted in a court of law at this time he is a innocent man.
    January 3, 2013 12:37 am
    Lynch mob much?
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  • nmwyg-tya wrote...
    Nice....
    January 3, 2013 11:20 am
    Why don't you give that speech at the grave of that Seattle street performer. Maybe you could go on to explain the preferability of being beaten to death over being hung. Simple-minded moralizing much?
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  • Theodorethegreat wrote...
    Why....
    January 4, 2013 3:08 pm
    do you speak. Ridiculous. Maybe he didn't do it? It was the one-armed man!! Ha ha ha
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  • Theodorethegreat wrote...
    Who cares...
    January 4, 2013 3:10 pm
    if there were Seahawks there. They are no better than any other citizen. Oh no!! I player may have been hurt. Just dumb writing.
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