An 18-year-old man is accused of shooting a security guard during an attempted robbery outside a sporting goods store in Fife over the weekend.
Dayvion Joseph George, 18, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and first-degree robbery.
A plea of not guilty was entered on George's behalf at his arraignment on Monday. Pierce County Superior Court Commissioner Philip Thornton set his bail at $600,000.
Charging details
Fife police officers were dispatched to "reports of a shooting with victims" at the Sportco store on the 4600 block of 20th Street East at 4:21 p.m. Sunday. Officers were told a shoplifting had just occurred, and two security guards attempted to detain two men. One of the security guards was shot, according to charging documents.
The security guard was shot in his left arm, and fire personnel drove him to the hospital. A search for the suspects began.
Officers were told that security attempted to detain the two men after they passed the checkout area with store merchandise that was not paid for. A security guard got on the ground and was fighting with one of the men.
The other man, later identified as George, turned around and allegedly produced a gun "in what appeared to be an execution style attempt" and fired one round at the security guard while standing over him, prosecutors wrote.
The other security guard pulled out his own firearm and fired back, documents show. The men ran off and allegedly were firing back.
Milton police found George and detained him in the 5400 block of 23rd Street East. He had called his mother, and the officer asked him if he was OK. George allegedly told the officer to, "politely [explicit] off." The phone line was still open, and the officer heard George's father yelling at him to "leave him out of the report."
Stolen magazines and ammunition were recovered during a K-9 search for evidence along the path that George took after allegedly running from the store. Officers also recovered stolen clothing and bullets from on the ground near Sportco.
The second man was still on the run Tuesday, documents show.
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