🌱 Auburn man held on $2 million bail in Seattle taproom killing
Auburn, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Auburn! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Auburn man held on $2 million bail in Seattle taproom killing
- How an Auburn human-composting firm inspired a powerful new documentary
Also on today's calendar: Award-Winning Author Appearance and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 61 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 63, low: 48.
- Friday: Cloudy, a couple of showers, with a high of 55 and low of 44 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Slain Growler Guys worker met shooter earlier in the night, police say (seattletimes.com) — An Auburn man, 20, is being held on $2 million bail after a judge found probable cause to investigate him for second-degree murder in a Lake City taproom shooting. Prosecutors and defense attorneys sharply disagree over whether the killing, captured on surveillance video, was self-defense, with formal charging decisions expected soon. 
• A Rainier Beach Filmmaker Turned Grief Into Documentary About Green Burials (southseattleemerald.org) — An Auburn-based company called Return Home, which offers human composting as a green burial option, is at the heart of a new documentary premiering this week at the Seattle International Film Festival. The film follows CEO Micah Truman’s work helping families choose soil-based after-death care, inspired by the filmmaker’s own experience of feeling rushed through his mother’s cremation.
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🗞 Nearby News
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Federal Way
- Fatbeam Fiber selected to deliver network to Federal Way schools (bbcmag.com)
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