Suspect in apparently random shooting death of beloved 8-months-pregnant Seattle restaurant owner charged with murder

The suspect in the apparently random shooting death of a beloved 8-months-pregnant Seattle restaurant owner has been charged with murder.

What are the details?

Cordell Maurice Goosby, 30, was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder on Friday, KING-TV reported, adding that he faces up to 57 years in prison if convicted of the crimes.

Seattle police on Tuesday responded to Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street after a report of a shooting and found 34-year-old Eina Kwon and her 37-year-old husband, Sung Kwon, wounded in their Tesla car, the station said. Friends believe the Kwons were on their way to their Aburiya Bento House restaurant in Belltown when they were shot, KOMO-TV reported.

The victims were taken to Harborview Medical Center, where Eina Kwon was rushed into surgery and her baby underwent an emergency delivery, KING said, but they both died. The station reported that Sung Kwon was shot multiple times in his left arm and survived.

Goosby hasn't been charged in the death of the baby, KING said, but that could change. Washington state's "born alive rule" indicates that only an individual who has been born alive can be the victim of homicide.

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The station reported that an initial court document said the baby did survive for a period of time, and a GoFundMe page for the family noted the same, saying that "Sung was able to hold his beautiful daughter for a quick moment to say goodbye."

But the King County medical examiner, Seattle Police, and King County prosecutors are still reviewing medical records for proof the baby was alive, KING said, adding that prosecutors said there is no statute of limitations for murder and that another charge could be added.

What else?

The station said Goosby fled the scene of the shooting but was found a short time later. Charging documents indicate that he raised his arms, surrendered, and told police he was the shooter, KING added.

Video shows Goosby with his arm extended allegedly running up to the Tesla while it was stopped, the station said, adding that smoke can be seen coming either from a handgun or from the vehicle's window being shattered as the suspect is running up to the vehicle.

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Charging documents said another video shows there "was no interaction between the suspect and the victims' vehicle prior to the shooting," KING said.

More from the station:

While Goosby was being interviewed by police, he said people had been harassing him and spreading rumors about him. While he was being interviewed, he would "occasionally speak to the wall or ceiling as if a person or persons were in the wall or ceiling." He referred to that as an "intercom" and asked police if they could hear it, according to charging documents.

When he was asked what happened just before he was taken into custody, Goosby said a white car pulled up to him. Then, another car pulled up and yelled at him that the people in the white car were going to get him. Goosby told police he thought he saw a gun in the white car so he fired into it.

KING reported that video evidence isn't consistent with his statement.

In addition, the gun Goosby allegedly used was stolen during a burglary, the station said.

Goosby doesn't have a local criminal history, KING reported, but he's wanted in Indiana for a 2020 domestic battery case and has felony convictions in Illinois for possession of controlled substances and aggravated unlawful use weapon/vehicle.

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