LYNNWOOD — Prosecutors allege a Mill Creek teen stabbed and killed the man he was living with late last month after the roommate tried to kick him out of the condo they shared north of Lynnwood.
Prosecutors charged Jordan Green, 17, with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 killing of Brandon Lloyd, 32. Green was charged this week as an adult in Snohomish County Superior Court.
Green had been a “bad roommate” for Lloyd at the Brio Condominiums in the 15400 block of 35th Avenue West, according to the charges.
So on the morning of Feb. 26, Lloyd kicked Green out. The teen was upset, but packed up his belongings and left, a witness reportedly told investigators.
Twelve hours later, however, Green returned to the condo, according to court documents. Lloyd was inside with a few friends. Witnesses called the condo a “flop house.”
When Green tried to come inside, Lloyd immediately asked him to leave. Green refused. Lloyd pushed him toward the door, according to the charges.
Green pulled out a knife, according to court papers.
“You’re gonna try to stab me, boy?” Lloyd reportedly asked him. “What, you’re going to kill me?”
Green stabbed Lloyd in the neck, prosecutors allege. Green left, walking briskly down the stairs to the parking lot, security footage reportedly shows. The witnesses tried to stop Lloyd’s bleeding and called 911.
“I can’t believe he stabbed me,” witnesses recounted Lloyd saying, according to court documents. “Why?”
When Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies arrived, they found Lloyd in the front hallway. Paramedics confirmed he died at the scene.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Lloyd suffered five stab wounds from a blade about 1-inch wide, according to court papers. One of the wounds partially severed the carotid artery in his neck.
A week later, a man contacted authorities, saying Green killed Lloyd, according to the charges. The man was trying to get Green to turn himself in.
On March 6, police arrested Green in connection with Lloyd’s slaying. At the time of his arrest, he seemed to be wearing the same clothes captured on surveillance footage from the night of the killing, according to court documents.
Green was arraigned on the murder charge Tuesday. Superior Court Judge William Steffener maintained the $500,000 bail set when Green was arrested.
Unless he posts bail, Green will remain in the Denney Juvenile Justice Center until early September, when he will turn 18. After that, he would be moved to the Snohomish County Jail.
Green has no criminal history, court records show.
Jake Goldstein-Street: 425-339-3439; jake.goldstein-street@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet.
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