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Federal Way dad released from jail says police wrongfully accused him of shooting his daughter

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After 8-year-old Royal’lee Wallace died in a shooting in Federal Way, her family says Federal Way Police wrongfully accused Royal’lee’s father of pulling the trigger.

On Sunday, a bullet somehow entered her room and hit her. Police said the shooting happened in the 27900 block of Pacific Highway South. Royal’lee was on life support at the hospital but did not survive.

Federal Way police said in a statement on Monday that “The 35-year-old father of the juvenile had been handling a firearm in the apartment when it discharged. The bullet traveled through three walls and struck the child in another room.”

The family says they don’t understand why police put out that information - because they say it’s completely wrong.

“It wasn’t me at all. Let me clear the air on that. Police already know. I said, ‘Hey man, this wasn’t me, this wasn’t something I could’ve done. I said I have no firearms in my house,’” said Cherith Wallace, Royal’lee’s dad.

Wallace said his daughter died at Harborview Medical Center while he was being held in custody.

“I was asking about my child the whole time, about how she was doing, and they told me we have no update, no update, no update,” Wallace said.

On Tuesday, he was released from jail with no charges filed.

“They accused my brother, locked him up, for something that he did not do,” Murphy said.

Their family is now demanding answers.

“All I ask is for whoever did this -- come up! Quit hiding, turn yourself in,” Murphy said.

“I know in my heart of hearts when it happened, her dad had no parts. So I need whoever did this to turn themselves in,” Mccants-Folkes said.

A Federal Way Police Department spokesperson said Wednesday night that the details released earlier was the information they had at the time, and said what happened is still being investigated.
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Let's see...Federal Way is a festering pustule of gang activity, Pacific Highway South is notoriously a bad stretch of road, especially in South King County.

I don't think the father MEANT to shoot his daughter, but doesn't surprise me if he did accidentally.

Also wouldn't surprise me at all if it was a random round, but no mention of a bullet hole in an external wall
 
Yeah federal way is scary. I’ve witnessed fights, a drive by, murderer stashed his car a block from my house. When I go to the grocery store I have to watch out because women have been assaulted and beaten in the parking lot. Stupid teenagers playing drug dealer shot a high school kid at the Taco Bell. No idea why all this crazy shit happens. I’m gonna blame Torchwood
 
New developments in the investigation of the shooting death of an eight-year-old girl in Federal Way: police now say they’re looking for a suspect who they believe fired the shot.

At first, police arrested the father and said he discharged a weapon in the home. But now police indicate they believe someone else is the suspect.

KIRO7 interviewed the family Wednesday after the dad – Cherith Wallace – was released from jail with no charges filed. The family said Wallace was wrongfully arrested and detained, which led to his daughter dying while he was in custody.

Federal Way police released an update Thursday, saying in a statement, “Probable cause was developed to arrest the father on the afternoon of the shooting based on the initial statement he provided about being alone in his apartment with his child when she was shot.”

The statement continued, “Subsequently, detectives have discovered additional information that indicates two other individuals were in the apartment with the father when the shooting occurred. It was the father’s initial refusal to share this information with investigators and failure to identify the actual shooter that led to his arrest.”

But Wallace says he told police about other people inside the home right from the beginning.

“I just kept telling them over and over and over - they didn’t listen to me, they didn’t care,” he said.

“The police are not telling the truth,” Wallace said. “I feel like they’re covering up their mistake,” he said.

KIRO7′s Deedee Sun asked Wallace several times what he told police.

“Can you tell me what happened?” Sun asked. “I just know – I just know that,” Wallace started answering, but each time he was overcome with emotion.

“It’s hard to repeat it. It causes more trauma and more grief to that person,” said Charmaine Murphy, Wallace’s sister.

Royal’lee died at Harborview Medical Center while Wallace was being held at the King County jail.

“I couldn’t even be with my child while she was still warm. I had to come out and kiss her when she’s cold,” Wallace said, choking up.

Police say the bullet went through three walls and hit the little girl. They are now looking for the person believed to have fired the fatal shot.

The family has shared a GoFundMe created by her grandmother to help with her funeral expenses. “We are not prepared financially nor mentally to bury my Rolly,” wrote ShamMerrelle Mccants on the page.
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Police search for new suspect in shooting that killed 8-year-old in Federal Way

New developments in the investigation of the shooting death of an eight-year-old girl in Federal Way: police now say they’re looking for a suspect who they believe fired the shot.
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An Auburn man has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old Federal Way girl last month.

Andre M. Jimerson, 35, who is the father's cousin, turned himself in to Kent Police on May 11. Jimerson is facing charges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He has been accused of handling a gun that went off inside a Federal Way apartment, according to King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office documents.

The bullet traveled through several walls of the apartment before striking 8-year-old Royal’lee Wallace — who was identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office — in the head. The girl died from her injuries the following day on April 26, and her death was ruled a homicide.


In early April, a domestic violence protection order was issued against Jimerson, prohibiting him from possessing any firearms.


“His defiance of that order and his actions in this case led to the death of an 8-year-old girl,” the documents stated. After the April 25 shooting, Jimerson’s whereabouts were unknown for more than two weeks.

Jimerson has three prior convictions for assault, and in one case he was charged with assaulting an 11-year-old child.


According to the charging documents:

On April 25, the 8-year-old girl with a gunshot wound was brought to St. Francis Hospital by her father. The father told police he lived at an apartment complex near the 27900 block of Pacific Highway South.

“He told officers that he was home alone watching television with his daughter when he heard a gunshot,” the documents state. The father allegedly said the shot did not come from outside the apartment, but rather from inside the residence.

The father initially told officers nobody else was in the apartment with him and his daughter at the time of the shooting.

Later, police discovered Jimerson — who is the father’s cousin — and Jimerson’s girlfriend were inside the apartment at the time.

The three adults were drinking and listening to music in the master bedroom of the apartment while Royal’lee was in the living room on April 25.

Jimerson allegedly was sitting in a chair, rapping along to music and waving the gun around when it fired, his girlfriend told police. It is unclear where the gun came from or who brought the gun to the apartment.

The bullet from the gun traveled from the master bedroom through the middle bedroom and into the living room, where it struck Royal’lee. In the master bedroom, detectives recovered a spent .45 caliber cartridge case next to the chair, documents state.

The girlfriend drove the father and Royal’lee to the hospital, then returned to the Federal Way apartment, picked up Jimerson and dropped him off in Auburn.

Police were unable to locate Jimerson for over two weeks after the shooting and shortly after the shooting, he had turned off his phone.
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Auburn man charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting of 8-year-old Federal Way girl - Kent Reporter

The man, who is related to the girl’s father, faces charges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm for April 25 shooting.
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The dad withheld information so he deserves no sympathy for being arrested. His not being there when she died is his fault no one else's.
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