The curious case of Jinwei Yang

Reporting on the legal process surrounding the suspect in the Howell airgun shooting case has been an education. Thanks for bearing with me while we worked everything out, tracked down who was -- and was not -- handling the case and sorted out what, in the end, Jinwei Yang (all articles) was actually charged with in the Feb. 4th incident when the 21-year-old Seattle Central student allegedly opened fire on the street below with an air rifle from his third floor apartment.

We had previously sorted out that Yang was not facing felony charges in the incident. We now know what charges he does face from the city attorney's office: one count of property destruction in the first degree, one count of "weapons in public places" and one count of reckless endangerment. Here is his case info from the Seattle Municipal Court.  Spokesperson for the city attorney's office says no prosector is yet assigned to the case. Yang's pretrial hearing is scheduled for Thursday. According to the King County Jail web site, Yang remains behind bars awaiting the next step in the legal process.