The shooting happened along Seattle’s waterfront last summer, following a confrontation in which the man accused the veteran of faking his military service.
SEATTLE — Gregory Timm was sentenced for the July 31 shooting of Harold Powell Sr., a street performer and Navy veteran who was entertaining crowds near the waterfront during Seafair, Seattle’s annual summer celebration. Timm approached Powell who was in his wheelchair and challenged his military credentials.
Powell, who appeared in court nearly nine months after a bullet hit his chest, addressed Timm directly during the sentencing hearing. Timm did not speak in court.
According to prosecutors, the confrontation began when
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