Teen pleads guilty to killing Seattle man for his cell phone
SEATTLE -- The teenager who shot and killed a Seattle man during a botched cell phone robbery pled guilty Monday to first degree murder.
Byron White was 17-years old in February of 2014 when he tried to rob David Peterson in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.
Peterson refused to hand over the phone, and White decided to leave. But when White heard the victim calling 911, he turned around, pulled out a gun and shot Peterson once in the chest, according to court documents.
According to prosecutors, White later told a friend he was disappointed Peterson's phone was not a nicer model.
Prosecutors say his mother led investigators to White at Sea-Tac Airport, where he was arrested before he could board a flight to Atlanta.
White, who is now 19, pled guilty Monday to first degree murder with a deadly weapons enhancement. The sentence range is 22 to 28 1/2 years in prison, with an agreed sentence recommendation of 28 1/2 years, according to prosecutors.
White will officially be sentenced November 9.
Byron White was 17-years old in February of 2014 when he tried to rob David Peterson in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.
Peterson refused to hand over the phone, and White decided to leave. But when White heard the victim calling 911, he turned around, pulled out a gun and shot Peterson once in the chest, according to court documents.
According to prosecutors, White later told a friend he was disappointed Peterson's phone was not a nicer model.
Prosecutors say his mother led investigators to White at Sea-Tac Airport, where he was arrested before he could board a flight to Atlanta.
White, who is now 19, pled guilty Monday to first degree murder with a deadly weapons enhancement. The sentence range is 22 to 28 1/2 years in prison, with an agreed sentence recommendation of 28 1/2 years, according to prosecutors.
White will officially be sentenced November 9.
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