911 call reveals details from fatal Seattle burglary

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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/911-call-reveals-details-from-fatal-Seattle-2195768.php

A burglar held at gunpoint after burglarizing a Seattle power equipment company is expected to be sentenced Friday. The man's alleged accomplice was shot and killed in the April 14 incident.

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About 11:20 p.m. April 14, an employee sleeping at Sharps Outdoor Power Equipment in Georgetown awoke to glass breaking and grabbed his legally owned .357 Magnum revolver. The business had been the target of six prior burglaries.

Investigators say that man saw James Stapleton, a repeat felon who had killed a man in Georgia, carrying several chainsaws.

The employee "confronted the suspect at gun point and commanded him to stop," Detective Timothy Devore wrote in a police document. "Suspect Stapleton shifted both saws to his left shoulder while reaching with his right hand for something in his waistband. (The victim) feared for his life and fired his handgun one time striking suspect Stapleton."

The clerk who was guarding the store was not charged. The state is asking for a 17 to 22 months prison sentence, which I think is somewhat lenient for a crime that resulted in a fatality.

Mr. Stapleton's career as a violent criminal ended. He will have no more victims.