Jason Dwight Martinell, 42, of Granite Falls, Washington, was found dead in the Safeway parking lot on Bothell Everett Highway the night of October 25, 2024, after a meeting that began as racing remote-controlled cars. Earlier that evening he had brought a quantity of drugs he intended to sell and was in contact with 49-year-old Michael Knapinski of Woodinville; a friend overheard Martinell agree to sell all the drugs to Knapinski for $1,900. Martinell got into Knapinski’s black Toyota Sequoia and the vehicle later stopped at the Safeway lot.

A friend who followed the Sequoia saw the passenger door open, someone exit, and the vehicle leave; the friend then found Martinell lying on the ground and left without calling police. Another person later discovered him and called 911. Deputies arrived about 11:20 p.m.; paramedics’ CPR efforts failed and Martinell was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two days after the shooting police arrested Michael Knapinski in Seattle and booked him on suspicion of second-degree murder; court documents say a man who introduced Martinell to Knapinski reported that Knapinski admitted, I did it. Does anyone have information about Martinell’s movements that night or who else might have been present at the Safeway lot?