Snohomish County prosecutors have charged 50-year-old Richard James Rotter for killing Everett Officer Dan Rocha, at a Starbucks on March 25.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — Snohomish County prosecutors have charged 50-year-old Richard James Rotter forRotter is being charged with first-degree aggravated murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver.
While Rocha was inside a North Everett Starbucks waiting for coffee, he noticed a blue Mini Cooper roll up into the parking lot and not long after, a man began to move items, including guns, from the Cooper to a silver Ford Fusion, court documents state.During one exchange with Rotter, Rocha said to him “Do me a favor, bud, leave the guns alone, OK?”According to court records, Rocha alerted dispatch and was told Rotter had outstanding arrest warrants and was a convicted felon.
Court records state Rotter became agitated and refused to stop moving guns from one car to the other.Investigators found a cellphone video that shows Rotter wrestling with the officer. They fell to the pavement, Rotter pulled out a gun and began firing toward Rocha’s head. According to court documents, “Five distinct pops can be heard until Officer Rocha’s body camera ends up facing upward, motionless and you can see the defendant stand up and go towards the Mini Copper.”
Rotter allegedly shot Rocha in the head three times. Two other bullets were found in Rocha’s bulletproof vest.
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