‘I’ll never forget it’ | Witness says Jesse Sarey did not appear to pose a threat to officer who fatally shot him

Quincy Williams was buying cigarettes at Sunshine Grocery when he witnessed the altercation between Jesse Sarey and Officer Jeffrey Nelson.

KING COUNTY, Wash. — A witness to the police shooting of Jesse Sarey appeared on the stand on Thursday to testify in the murder trial of Officer Jeffrey Nelson. 

Nelson faces second-degree murder and first-degree assault charges related to Sarey’s death in May 2019. Nelson was attempting to arrest Sarey outside of an Auburn grocery store when he shot him once in the abdomen and a second time in the head after Sarey had already hit the ground. 

Quincy Williams was at the Sunshine

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