Charges: Tuxedoed man shot at 2 for interrupting oral sex ‘You’re dead mother $@!’

A Seattle man accused of opening fire on two people who interrupted him while he was receiving oral sex in a Pioneer Square alcove now faces felony assault charges.

King County prosecutors contend Paul J. Hunter started shooting shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 26 at a man and a woman whose argument had disturbed his street-side liaison.

“You’re dead mother (expletive),” Hunter shouted at the pair before opening fire, according to charging papers. “You’re dead.”

Hunter, 64, was arrested shortly after the shooting. According to charging papers, he held a concealed weapons permit for the 9 mm Kel-Tec pistol he’s alleged to have used in the shooting.

The pair was walking in the 300 block of Fourth Avenue on the morning in question when they stumbled upon Hunter and his companion, a Seattle police detective said in charging papers.

A witness to the shooting later told police he heard Hunter arguing with a woman moments before the gunshot.

The man, who overheard the argument from an apartment nearby, said he heard Hunter complain to the woman that he’d given her money but hadn’t received anything in return. Hunter and the woman then stepped into the alcove.

And there they were when the purported victims walked past engaged in a loud argument, according to charging papers.

The argument spooked the woman fellating Hunter. She fled, the detective said, leaving Hunter upset.

Hunter hitched up his tuxedo pants – for reasons unclear in charging papers he’d gone formal – before drawing his pistol, shouting that he would kill them and firing one shot, the detective continued. The apparent victims cowered behind a parked car as Hunter walked away.

Having received a report of a tuxedoed older man shooting at strangers, police found Hunter walking nearby. According to charging papers, the man and woman both identified him as the man who shot at them.

Hunter, who has no criminal history, declined to make a statement to police and was booked into King County Jail on suspicion of assault. According to court papers, he had the pistol on his person when he was arrested, as well as $190, a concealed weapons permit and a comb.

Prosecutors have since charged Hunter with second-degree assault. He remains jailed on $100,000.

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