SPD: Suspect who killed man in N. Seattle claimed victim was a neighborhood nuisance The suspect called 911 himself after he fatally shot a man who approached his car in Licton Springs

The man who called police to say he shot a man in the Licton Springs neighborhood of North Seattle Thursday night claimed the victim was a neighborhood nuisance, known for trespassing, using drugs and damaging property in the area.

Now 55-year-old suspect remains jailed for investigation of second-degree murder. A judge ordered him held on $1 million bail. On Friday afternoon, he had not yet been charged with a crime.

Daniel Armando Alberto, 26, was rushed from the scene to Harborview Medical Center, but died of a gunshot wound to the chest. The King County Medical Examiner's office ruled his death a homicide.

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The shooting happened just before 5 p.m. at North 90th Street and Nesbit Avenue North, just east of the Aurora Avenue North corridor. Police fielded several 911 calls about the shooting, and one of them was the 55-year-old man, who claimed he shot a man who threatened him with a knife.

Responding officers found Alberto in the street and a small knife nearby, according to the incident report.

The shooter allowed police to seize his gun and agreed to an interview with detectives. He reportedly said he was driving to the nearby Fellowship Hall to urge the staff there about reporting Alberto for various crimes he allegedly committed throughout the neighborhood. He claimed the man trespassed on his property and broke a window just recently.

While driving there, he spotted the man and reportedly stopped his car to confront him about breaking his window. He told detectives that Alberto made "a threatening statement" and that he noticed something in his hand.

Alberto then reportedly started pacing and then walked quickly toward the front passenger window of the suspect's car. The suspect believed Alberto would enter his vehicle and either try to take his gun or stab him, he told detectives. The suspect saw a knife in Alberto's hand.

He told police he grabbed his gun from the passenger seat of his car and shot Alberto once out of fear for his life.

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He claimed he was unable to leave before the shooting because Alberto was in front of his vehicle.

However, video from a nearby surveillance camera shows the shooter's vehicle stopping in the street near Alberto. Alberto approached the driver's side door, then walked around the rear of the vehicle and started to walk away from the car before reversing course and heading to the front passenger door, according to Seattle police.

The footage reportedly shows Alberto being shot immediately upon reaching the passenger side window.

Detective Donna Stangeland wrote that the shooter could have driven away as Alberto walked away from the vehicle past the rear end of it.

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The suspect told police that he keeps a handgun in the trunk of his car, but stopped about halfway to the Fellowship Hall and brought the gun to the front seat because of "an increase in crime in his neighborhood," reports said.

Alberto pleaded guilty Sept. 26 to misdemeanor harassment for threatening a woman who lived right near the site of his death on Nesbit Avenue North and had allowed him to sleep there for a week until she summoned officers to have him removed, police reports indicated. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and was given credit for the 14 days he served prior to sentencing.

This story has been corrected to update the spelling of the victim's name.

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