Juwan Williams, a 48-year-old Black man, was ambushed at the Northgate Transit Center in Seattle shortly before 8 a.m. on July 28, 2025. Surveillance and witness accounts show a masked, gloved attacker fired a single shot into the back of Williams’s head as he stepped off an escalator; a second shot at his chest failed when the handgun malfunctioned. Williams was taken to Harborview Medical Center and died of his wound the next day.

Investigators focused on 28-year-old Edward Gichuki Kimani, who had attended Pima Medical Institute with Williams. Traffic cameras captured a gold Chevrolet Malibu leaving Kimani’s West Seattle residence the morning of the shooting. A day after the killing, an officer stopped Kimani for driving the vehicle without headlights or a license plate and issued a warning after Kimani said he had just bought the car. A search warrant executed July 30 led to Kimani’s arrest; police recovered a Glock pistol with the same caliber ammunition as the crime scene casing and clothing matching the shooter seen on video. The King County Prosecuting Attorney charged Edward Kimani with first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement; bail was set at $5 million.

Are there witnesses or anyone who knew Williams and his movements that morning who can help clarify what happened?