RENTON — Before his arrest at a Tukwila hotel on Friday, a 38-year-old man wanted in connection with the August shooting death of his girlfriend in Renton evaded police for nearly six weeks, according to King County prosecutors.
Vaughn Weems was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder domestic violence, accused of shooting Montisha Offord, 27, in the chest outside the Echo Mountain Apartments around 2 a.m. on Aug. 21, the Seattle Times reported.
Offord, who was driven to Valley Medical Center by a friend, died an hour after arriving at the hospital, charging papers say. Court records do not yet indicate which defense attorney is representing Weems. He is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 20.
Weems and Offord attended a barbecue in Seattle before going to a Renton bar, charging papers say. Offord became angry with Weems and she later called a friend, saying he had kicked her out of his car.
At an apartment, Weems and Offord got into an argument and Weems shot Offord once in the chest before fleeing, prosecutors said. Witnesses identified Weems from a police photo montage as the gunman, according to the charges.
