10:18 AM: Last week, police circulated those images of a man they say was “involved” in the shooting death of 53-year-old Oton Garcia Ruiz at the Shree’s Truck Stop gas station in southeast West Seattle two weeks ago. Today, they say the 26-year-old suspect is in custody after turning himself in at SPD headquarters downtown. Police allege the deadly shooting was random – that the shots were fired in the gas station “with disregard” for whomever might have been in the bullets’ path. We’re working to find information about the suspect’s background and status.
1:42 PM: The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says bail was set for the suspect over the weekend, $2 million. Probable-cause documents say the suspect is a warehouse worker in Boulevard Park and co-workers who recognized the images circulated by police called in tips. He is reported to have called in sick from work in the days after the shooting, which police say was preceded by a fight with some other people the suspect had been talking to at the gas station, unrelated to the victim. The shots are reported to have been fired from a car after it left the station, and captured on a truck’s dashcam. The KCPAO says the suspect has no previous felony record in King County. He is not reported to have given any explanation when he turned himself in but he did have injuries, possibly from the fight that preceded the shooting, Deadline to rush-file charges is this Wednesday.
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