SEATTLE, WA - Officials said that a four-time convicted felon is facing several new felony charges for a slew of recent shootings in the city, including an incident where a three-year-old boy was nearly struck by one of the bullets.
According to NBC15, 27-year-old Khalif Myles is currently sitting in King County Jail on a $500,000 bail. He is facing two charges of first-degree assault and two charges of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors said that Myles "senselessly shot" at two occupied vehicles in a one-month period. They also believe he has been connected to at least eight other shootings that took place since October 6th.
Charging documents highlight a specific shooting from November 7th. Prosecutors said that during this incident, Myles fired 12 shots at another vehicle while driving in a stolen car near Northeast 95th Street and 35th Avenue Northeast in Wedgwood.
The driver of the other car reportedly tried to speed away from the gunfire. Investigators said that one of the bullets struck the headrest of a child's booster seat where a three-year-old boy was sitting. Charging documents say that the child had red abrasions on the right side of his face. Officers also noted that the damage from the bullet on the booster seat was right next to the spot where the child's head would have been at the time of the shooting.
Prosecutors said that the boy's cheek and face abrasions prove that the boy was sitting in the seat when the bullet struck the headrest. Following that shooting, ballistic experts examined the evidence left at the shooting scene. According to court documents, investigators quickly concluded that the gun used in the November 7th incident was the same gun used in a shooting that took place a month earlier.
That incident happened on October 13th. A man told police that he parked at Papa John's restaurant at 5401 25th Ave. NE in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood when he saw a car pull up behind him and a man wearing a dark hoodie exited from the driver's side. He said that he saw Myles holding a gun as he walked toward the car, causing the victim to put his car in reverse and flee quickly.
According to witnesses, Myles fired as many as eight shots, with three bullets striking the victim's car. The victim was not hurt. Douglas Wagoner with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said, "It is truly lucky that nobody was harmed. You could say it was potentially miraculous."
Using witness testimonies, police were able to track the cars tied to the shootings that happened on October 13th and November 7th. In both cases, officers determined that Myles used stolen vehicles. Investigators looked through nearby security videos for those cars, including from gas stations. They said that surveillance technology consistently showed Myles using those vehicles.
Myles was seen so often that eventually investigators managed to identify him from an old mugshot. A few days later, police searched Myles' residence and found two stolen guns inside a cross-body bag. Analysis indicated that one of the handguns in the bag was used in both the October 13th and November 7th shootings as well as in 10 other shootings since October 6th.
Myles criminal history includes convictions for first-degree robbery in 2019, second-degree robbery in 2019, third-degree assault in 2017, second-degree assault in 2015, and third-degree theft in 2022 and 2017.
Charging documents state that in the first-degree robbery case from 2019, Myles was convicted of knocking an 81-year-old woman to the ground. Myles knocked her over in the parking lot of a grocery store, fracturing her shoulder and breaking two teeth, before stealing the woman's purse. He was eventually sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by 18 months of community supervision.
According to NBC15, 27-year-old Khalif Myles is currently sitting in King County Jail on a $500,000 bail. He is facing two charges of first-degree assault and two charges of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors said that Myles "senselessly shot" at two occupied vehicles in a one-month period. They also believe he has been connected to at least eight other shootings that took place since October 6th.
Charging documents highlight a specific shooting from November 7th. Prosecutors said that during this incident, Myles fired 12 shots at another vehicle while driving in a stolen car near Northeast 95th Street and 35th Avenue Northeast in Wedgwood.
The driver of the other car reportedly tried to speed away from the gunfire. Investigators said that one of the bullets struck the headrest of a child's booster seat where a three-year-old boy was sitting. Charging documents say that the child had red abrasions on the right side of his face. Officers also noted that the damage from the bullet on the booster seat was right next to the spot where the child's head would have been at the time of the shooting.
Prosecutors said that the boy's cheek and face abrasions prove that the boy was sitting in the seat when the bullet struck the headrest. Following that shooting, ballistic experts examined the evidence left at the shooting scene. According to court documents, investigators quickly concluded that the gun used in the November 7th incident was the same gun used in a shooting that took place a month earlier.
That incident happened on October 13th. A man told police that he parked at Papa John's restaurant at 5401 25th Ave. NE in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood when he saw a car pull up behind him and a man wearing a dark hoodie exited from the driver's side. He said that he saw Myles holding a gun as he walked toward the car, causing the victim to put his car in reverse and flee quickly.
According to witnesses, Myles fired as many as eight shots, with three bullets striking the victim's car. The victim was not hurt. Douglas Wagoner with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said, "It is truly lucky that nobody was harmed. You could say it was potentially miraculous."
Using witness testimonies, police were able to track the cars tied to the shootings that happened on October 13th and November 7th. In both cases, officers determined that Myles used stolen vehicles. Investigators looked through nearby security videos for those cars, including from gas stations. They said that surveillance technology consistently showed Myles using those vehicles.
Myles was seen so often that eventually investigators managed to identify him from an old mugshot. A few days later, police searched Myles' residence and found two stolen guns inside a cross-body bag. Analysis indicated that one of the handguns in the bag was used in both the October 13th and November 7th shootings as well as in 10 other shootings since October 6th.
Myles criminal history includes convictions for first-degree robbery in 2019, second-degree robbery in 2019, third-degree assault in 2017, second-degree assault in 2015, and third-degree theft in 2022 and 2017.
Charging documents state that in the first-degree robbery case from 2019, Myles was convicted of knocking an 81-year-old woman to the ground. Myles knocked her over in the parking lot of a grocery store, fracturing her shoulder and breaking two teeth, before stealing the woman's purse. He was eventually sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by 18 months of community supervision.
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