Competency hearing set for man charged in fatal bus stop shooting

A judge ordered an in-jail competency hearing for a man accused of a deadly bus stop shooting in North Seattle.

Prosecutors said shortly after 12 a.m. Aug. 30, Ira Washington killed a man and took his phone at 145th St. and Aurora Ave. Officers arrived at the E Line bus stop, where they found the victim, Matthew Tripp, on the ground with four gunshot wounds to his back, according to charging papers.

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Court documents stated Washington also critically wounded someone else, a 46-year-old man who was taken to Harborview Medical Center for emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the

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