The trial of a man accused of a 2012 drive-by shooting at 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 75th Street has begun.
Police and prosecutors initially referred to the killing of Yancy Noll as a road rage event. But a new theory that accused shooter Thomasdinh “Dinh” Bowman may have wanted to be a hit man was introduced by prosecutors, according to our news partner The Seattle Times.
Senior Deputy Prosecutors Kristin Richardson and Adrienne McCoy also said in their trial brief, filed earlier this month, that Bowman fantasized about being an assassin and stored hundreds of books, articles, manuals and videos on his computer “dealing with how to be an assassin, how to commit murder, ‘snuff’ films, autopsies, methods of committing crimes, marksmanship, gunsmithing, forensic investigation, homicide investigation, and interrogation.
The Times post is here. KIRO is tweeting here.
The defense attorney is John Henry Browne.
“Bowman fantasized about being an assassin and stored hundreds of books, articles, manuals and videos on his computer “dealing with how to be an assassin, how to commit murder, ‘snuff’ films, autopsies, methods of committing crimes, marksmanship, gunsmithing, forensic investigation, homicide investigation, and interrogation.”
They must have found his DVD collection of Pop Culture movies.
The prosecution case against Dinh Bowman seems overwhelming. In the Seattle Times’ article, defense attorney John Henry Browne’s will argue that his client acted in “self-defense” so he’s not denying that his client was the shooter. It’s a good thing Mr. Bowman and his his wife have assets because John Henry Browne is going to take every penny that they have for the inevitable guilty verdict. After all, when was the last time Mr. Browne succeeded in getting a not guilty verdict for a client? (I believe John Henry Browne was sued several years ago for legal malpractice when he advised his client to turn down a plea deal and his client ended up being found guilt and sentenced to a significantly longer sentence than the plea deal offer.)
I guess John Henry Browne and his financial bankrupting of Mr. Bowman and his wife is karma.
Absolutely astonishing.