A 39-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in King County Superior Court to a charge of first-degree assault in connection with a shooting of another man in the leg on Sept. 18 at a Scenic Hill home.<\/p>\n
Kent Police arrested David Jay Craig Sept. 19 at his home in the 1300 block of East Maple Street, east of downtown Kent, for investigation of first-degree assault.<\/p>\n
According to charging papers, a 38-year-old Kent man picked up Craig, who was hitchhiking Sept. 18 along Central Avenue South. The man agreed to give Craig a ride home.<\/p>\n
Craig reportedly invited the man inside, then asked the victim to go to the basement to watch a movie, but the man told police he declined the invitation.<\/p>\n
The man told officers that Craig then \u201csnapped\u201d and went into a bedroom and came out with a shotgun. According to reports, Craig fired one shot into a wall. The man then tried to take the gun from him. During the struggle, the gun went off and hit the man in the leg.<\/p>\n
The victim fled the home to a neighbor\u2019s house. Paramedics took him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to be treated for a single gunshot wound to the leg.<\/p>\n
Craig initially told police that he shot the man because he was an intruder in his home.<\/p>\n
Craig is scheduled to return to court Nov. 13, when a trial date could be set or the hearing rescheduled if either prosecutor or the defense requests more time to prepare the case.<\/p>\n
He is being held in the county jail at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent in lieu of $210,000 bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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