Yancy Noll murder suspect identified as Dinh Bowman
Sep 22, 2012, 3:15 PM | Updated: Sep 24, 2012, 8:55 am
Yancy Noll (pictured) was killed at an intersection in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood. Detectives have arrested Dinh Bowman, the man suspected of the murder. (Facebook)
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The man suspected of shooting and killing Yancy Noll in a fit of road rage Aug. 31 has been identified as Dinh Bowman.
This is not Bowman’s first arrest. According to court documents, he was arrested for burglary and first-degree theft in 2006 when he was accused of stealing ski equipment from a store in downtown Seattle. He was later acquitted of the charges.
John Henry Browne, the same attorney who is well known for representing the Barefoot Bandit, Colton Harris-Moore, among others, is representing Bowman in these legal proceedings.
SWAT and homicide detectives executed a search warrant at Bowman’s home in the 7400 block of 25th Avenue Northeast early Friday, Sept. 21.
The detectives found a car matching the description of the BMW Z-4 that fled the scene of Yancy Noll’s murder, but they have not said if they found a gun matching the weapon that killed Noll.
Bowman, the 29-year-old Asian-American suspect, was arrested Friday morning at his home, which is less than a mile from the shooting scene.
Noll was driving home from work and was stopped at NE 75th and 15th Avenue NE. A man in a silver BMW Z-4 pulled alongside Noll’s car and opened fire, killing Noll.
“Information from the public was extremely useful in this investigation,” said Detective Mark Jamieson with Seattle Police.
Noll grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He has been in Seattle for the last ten years or so working as a Wine Buyer at the QFC on Broadway.
Noll’s neighbors honored the memory of their beloved friend with a vigil on Sept. 7.
Jen Mallinger, a neighbor three doors down from Noll said he was a man who loved adventures. “Sky diving a couple of weeks ago, he showed all of us that video about four times, and he was always hiking and mountain climbing.”
Bowman is currently being held without bail pending charges in King County Jail on investigation of murder.
Authorities must decide whether to charge Bowman with a crime by Tuesday Sept. 25.
Jillian Raftery and Stephanie Klein contributed to this report.
