Bail raised to $7 million for Everett shooting spree suspect

EVERETT — Police believe a Snohomish man killed three people and shot two others in a violent spree spanning six weeks in Everett.

In July, prosecutors charged Shayne Baker, 26, with two counts of second-degree murder in the June 20 shooting deaths of Anthony Jolly and Anthony Burnett at a house on Lexington Avenue. He also faces two counts of first-degree assault for allegedly injuring another man in the Lexington shooting and shooting a stranger on Colby Avenue the day before.

In early October, The Daily Herald reported Everett detectives suspected Baker was responsible for the May 3 killing of Scott Pullen at a storage facility in Everett.

Since his arrest the day after the deaths of Burnett and Jolly, the suspect has been in the Snohomish County Jail with bail set at $5 million. On Tuesday, police added a new allegation of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with Pullen’s death.

A judge raised Baker’s bail to $7 million, jail records show.

Police had arrested Baker for trespassing April 29. On the evening of May 2, he was released, about 12 hours before Pullen died, Everett police detective Corey Barrows wrote in his report.

On the morning of May 3, Pullen and a friend arrived at Storehouse Mini Storage on Smith Avenue. The friend reportedly noticed there was a man he didn’t know sleeping in his Chevy Tahoe.

He yelled at the man, who fled on foot. He then noticed another man sleeping in their friend’s Dodge Durango. The witness approached the driver’s side of the SUV and Baker stepped out, the detective wrote.

Pullen and his friend confronted the man, according to the police report.

Baker pulled out a gun, Pullen’s friend reportedly told police. The friend ran and hid behind his Tahoe. He heard a gunshot. Pullen, of Marysville, dropped to the ground. He died at the scene.

Neither Pullen nor his friend were armed with a weapon, according to the detective’s report.

Baker pointed the gun at the friend before driving away in the stolen Tahoe, according to court documents. The car was later found in south Seattle and impounded.

Detectives learned the owner of the Durango and a friend, Anthony Jolly, had tried to solve Pullen’s killing on their own, according to a previous search warrant. Jolly claimed he’d identified the shooter, but wouldn’t tell police. An acquaintance of his told investigators the suspect was associated with a house on Lexington Avenue in south Everett.

On June 20, Baker killed Jolly, 44, and Burnett, 48, and shot another man at that house, prosecutors alleged in charges filed in Snohomish County Superior Court.

A couple days after his arrest, detectives reviewed police body camera footage from Baker’s trespassing arrest to see if he matched the suspect seen in surveillance footage from the time of Pullen’s killing.

“After reviewing the (footage) it was obvious to me Baker matched the suspect,” Barrows wrote in his report.

One item of clothing that stood out was Baker’s bright yellow shoelaces. They appear to be the same as those he wore when he was arrested April 29 and a few days later when he allegedly shot Pullen.

Baker’s fingerprints were also found on the stolen Tahoe’s gas can, according to the detective’s report. And his DNA was discovered on the steering wheel cover and door handle. Barrows wrote there is “significant evidence” Baker killed Pullen.

Jake Goldstein-Street: 425-339-3439; jake.goldstein-street@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet.