Jennifer Sullivan
A man who allegedly fatally shot his girlfriend in Skyway last summer will be tried in King County Superior Court starting this week.
Louis Guswalter Parker III is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the August death of 19-year-old Markesha Monroe. Opening statements in the case are scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Parker, who goes by the name "Bart," is being held at the King County Jail on $1 million bail, prosecutors said. Parker is a member of the Westside Street Mobb street gang, according to charging papers.
Police and medics were called to a house in the 7600 block of South 125th Street in Skyway on Aug. 6 for a report of a shooting. Authorities found Monroe in a back bedroom with a gunshot wound to her head, according to charging papers. Monroe's housemate told detectives she was sleeping, but heard Parker and Monroe arguing in the bedroom shortly before a gunshot was fired, according to the court documents.
Parker claimed Monroe had been shot while she was playing with a gun, court papers said. Parker jumped out a window but returned a short time later, saying he didn't shoot the victim. He then fled, the charges allege.
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