Man charged with murder in Seattle Metro bus driver's deadly stabbing
Prosecutors filed charges Monday against a man accused of pepper-spraying, kicking and then stabbing a Seattle bus driver to death.
Argument over window led man to fatally stab bus driver, Seattle police say; suspect faces first-degree murder charge
Initial inconsistencies in Sitzlack’s story led prosecutors to ask for probable cause for domestic violence murder at a court hearing in 2023. Police carried out “numerous search warrants” over months, but there was not enough evidence to disprove Sitzlack’s self-defense argument, McNerthney said. He was never charged in that case.
Man accused of fatally stabbing Seattle bus driver charged with murder
The suspect was arrested early Saturday after another bus driver recognized him, according to charging documents.
Man wanted for fatal stabbing of Metro bus driver previously arrested for murder in 2023
Sitzlack claimed that while he was attempting to leave the unit, his then-roommate came up behind him with what he referred to as a machete. According to the police report, “Sitzlack alleged that (the roommate) grabbed him by the back of the neck and shoved him to his knees near the apartment’s exterior door neat the stairway."
Seattle bus driver called 911 before being stabbed to death: docs
Richard Sitzlack, the man accused of stabbing Metro bus driver Shawn Yim to death, is now facing first-degree murder charges.
Suspected Murderer of King County Metro Bus Driver Arrested on Seattle's E Line Following Sharp-eyed Colleague's Tip
Richard Sitzlack, accused of stabbing a bus driver, was arrested in Seattle with the aid of Metro bus operators.
Suspect in stabbing death of Metro bus driver in Seattle charged with murder
The Seattle Police Department arrested a suspect in the killing of a King County Metro bus driver in the University District.
Bus Driver Stabbed to Death by Passenger, Suspect Caught on Another Bus 3 Days Later
Police in Seattle on Saturday arrested a man suspected of stabbing a bus driver to death three days earlier. Richard Sitzlack, 53, was found riding another King County Metro Coach bus, sleeping in the back,
How a Metro driver helped arrest the suspect in his co-worker’s killing
Metro driver Timm Nelson, who knew slain driver Shawn Yim, said he had the suspect’s photo in his pocket when he realized the man was in the back of his bus.
Bus drivers help nab suspect in colleague’s killing, Washington officials say
Two bus drivers in Washington helped police find the man suspected in the stabbing death of one of their colleagues, transit officials said. King County Metro said two of its drivers, Anthony “A.J.” Ross and Timmothy Nelson,
Suspect arrested in stabbing of bus driver after manhunt
Richard Sitzlack, 53, has been arrested as the prime suspect in the death of Shawn Yim, a 59-year-old bus driver stabbed while on shift near the University of Washington in Seattle last Wednesday. The three-day manhunt came to an end after fellow driver Timmothy Nelson recognized a sleeping passenger wearing clothes that matched the suspect’s description,
‘I’m dying right now, hurry please’: Bus driver gets stabbed to death by passenger in fight over window, suspect caught riding transit again days later
An argument over a window fogging up on a Seattle bus led to the driver being maced and then stabbed to death by a passenger, ...
Manhunt over: King County bus driver helps police catch man suspected of killing their colleague
An updated description of clothes Sitzlack may have been wearing was shared with Nelson as he was finishing the last lap ...