February 12, 2006

WA: lawyer shot by ex-prosecutor dies

Bellevue lawyer shot by rival in 2004 dies:

Kevin Jung, the Bellevue attorney shot in the head by a rival lawyer in 2004, died on Saturday of complications from his injuries. Jung, 45, was well-known in the local Korean community for his law practice and advocacy work. Before the shooting, he lived in Southeast Bellevue with his wife, Sally, and two young sons...

William Joice, the lawyer who confessed to the shooting, is serving a 32-year prison sentence for attempted first-degree murder. It is unclear whether the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office will bring him up on murder charges now that Jung has died...

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