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A grand jury in Seattle last week returned five indictments against a man suspected of shooting a state Department of Corrections officer in Auburn on June 28.
Randy Lee Hall 31, was indicted Thursday on four new charges for shooting at law enforcement officers as they were trying to arrest him, said U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. The superseding indictment charges Hall with assault of a person assisting federal officers, assault on a federal officer, using a firearm during a crime of violence, unlawful possession of ammunition and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Hall is to be arraigned on the superseding indictment Sept. 1.
The charges carry maximum penalties of 20 years in prison. Using a firearm during a crime of violence is punishable by a mandatory 10-year prison term to run consecutive to any prison term on the other charges.
According to records in the case, in the spring of 2016 law enforcement tied Hall to multiple firearms and to incidents during which gunshots had been fired.
On June 28, officers from the Seattle Police Department and the Washington State Department of Corrections joined with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to arrest Hall on an outstanding warrant.
Having found a vehicle Hall had rented, officers were waiting outside the Auburn apartment where he’d parked the car. When Hall came out, the officers – dressed in clothing identifying their respective agencies — verbally identified themselves as law enforcement officers and tried to arrest him. Hall brandished a pistol and fired at several officers: two ATF agents and two Department of Corrections (DOC) officers. One DOC officer was hit but has since recovered.
Hall was also shot and was treated at Harborview Medical Center.
Hall made his first appearance on the federal charges in U.S. District Court on July 5.
Hall’s prior felony convictions prohibit him from possessing firearms.
The charges in the indictment are only allegations. A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) and the Seattle Police Department investigated the case, and Assistant United States Attorney Todd Greenberg is prosecuting it.
