Two 16-year-olds Charged With Murder, Assault In Lakewood Shooting

LAKEWOOD, WA -Two 16-year-olds are facing murder charges in connection to the shooting death of 15-year-old Chase McKee in Lakewood last weekend.

The two teens - identified by the Tacoma News Tribune as Malisha Morales and Zachary Glover - were arraigned Thursday on charges of first-degree murder and five counts of first-degree assault. They are being held on $1 million bail.

McKee died on Sunday at a hospital in Tacoma after being shot in the head Friday night at a Lakewood apartment complex. McKee was not a target in the shooting, authorities have said.

On Monday, Pierce County prosecutors charged Billy G. Williamson, 22, with first-degree murder and five counts of first-degree assault, according to Q13. Williamson allegedly showed up to fight someone at the apartment complex where the shooting took place; McKee was there and was shot during a confrontation.

The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday along the 8300 block of 83rd Avenue Southwest, according to Lakewood police.

Police were able to obtain a description of the vehicle from witnesses, according to the Tacoma News-Tribune. Lakewood police arrested Williamson, Morales, and Glover on Sunday.

The scene of the shooting is in the northern section of Lakewood, north of Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest. The apartment complex where the shooting occurred is just a few blocks south of Oakbrook Elementary School.

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