Man who drove into crowd and shot Seattle protester won't be charged with assault

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A man who was charged with first-degree assault after driving into a crowd and shooting a man during protests on Seattle’s Capitol Hill in 2020 had his case resolved with a plea to reckless driving, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

On June 7, 2020, Nikolas Fernandez sped in his car toward a crowd of protesters on Capitol Hill. As he approached a makeshift barricade, with people yelling at him to stop, protester Dan Gregory reached through the open window, grabbed the steering wheel and punched Fernandez.

Investigators said Fernandez used the Glock 26 on his passenger seat to shoot Gregory in the shoulder.

According to charging documents, Fernandez later told officers he might have pointed the gun at other people before he ran into the police line to surrender.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-drove-crowd-shot-seattle-002403756.html

[Laffy Kat]

1. Are you effing kidding me?

[SoCalDavidS]

2. I Just Love How America Does Accountability

And yet we're stupid enough to wonder why things never change, or often get worse.

Did they give an apology to Fernandez too, for putting him through this?

[gopiscrap]

3. that's fucked up

[CentralMass]

4. Wtf ?

[old as dirt]

5. Fvck the NRA. (nt)

[GreenWave]

6. So he had his gun ready for action, used it and nothing?

Sounds very premeditated.

[MichMan]

7. He should have just sat quietly in his car while he was being punched in the face

Seems like his self defense claim would be hard to ignore by a jury. The state concluded i a conviction was not likely.

[GreenWave]

8. Others are killed by cops if they see a loose gun in the passenger seat.

[MichMan]

9. Why would police kill him ?

Last edited Sun Feb 19, 2023, 08:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Doesn't sound like they were even at his car when this happened.