'You dead, b----:' Belltown woman shot in the head, kicked by shooter while down
SEATTLE -
Seattle Police announced the
arrests in three separate homicide cases over the weekend, including that in a brutal instance in Belltown where the victim was shot in the head and then kicked several times by the alleged shooter, who was yelling "the b----- still breathing."
On March 3 at around 1:13 a.m., officers were called to an apartment building at 2510 Western Ave. for reports of two women fighting and that shots may have been fired. When they arrived, they saw 33-year-old Rickesha Overton running toward Vine Street with a black handgun with the slide in the back position, indicating that the magazine was empty, court documents allege.
A witness who heard the commotion and started filming caught the attention of Overton, who said, "I'll blow your m-----f----- brains out!" as she pointed a gun at a crowd of witnesses.
Officers were also called to the same building on Jan. 1 of this year, and at that time, Overton was arrested for allegedly assaulting Decoteau. She was booked into jail for that alleged assault but was released three days later.
According to charging documents, she allegedly tried to push Decoteau out a third story window.
Overton and Decoteau appear to at least be acquainted with each other. Police interviewed Overton's boyfriend, who was in the apartment with the pair before the shooting occurred.
According to court documents, Overton had caught him and Decoteau having sex earlier in the morning on the day of the shooting. Overton's boyfriend told police that Overton and Decoteau were drinking earlier that day.
Overton was booked into King County Jail for investigation of first-degree murder and second-degree assault.
She is scheduled to appear in court on March 6.
Bail was set at $5 million.