PORT ANGELES — A 14-year-old Sequim teenager, charged with three counts of first-degree attempted murder against his former football coaches, was ruled guilty by a judge Monday.
The teen — whose name is not being published because he was charged as a juvenile — was found guilty by Clallam County Superior Court Judge George Wood of having premeditated the attempted murder of the three Sequim High School football coaches last October.
Wood also found the boy — who was not a student at Sequim High — guilty of taking steps to murder the coaches, first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and second-degree taking a motor vehicle without permission, all felonies.
Because he is a juvenile, the boy won’t stay in custody past his 21st birthday, defense attorney Lane Wolfley said.
No emotion
The teen, dressed in a black suit, showed no emotion in the Port Angeles courtroom as the judge read through the reasoning behind the ruling.
The boy was arrested Oct. 30 after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 101 and state Highway 104 in three counties, crashing into three vehicles and aiming a shotgun at a state trooper at the east end of the Hood Canal Bridge.
Court records indicated that the boy had dressed in camouflage clothing and facepaint earlier that day, pointed a loaded shotgun at his stepmother and demanded her car keys, then drove her minivan from his home to the Sequim High School bus barn.