MARYSVILLE — An Everett man who once taunted his probation officer with a message saying, “Catch me if you can,” was arrested Wednesday in an alleged shooting in Marysville earlier this month that hospitalized one man.
Todd Kingma, 36, has served prison time for armed robbery, vehicle theft and eluding police.
Now, he’s accused of shooting a 44-year-old man near a Chevron gas station on State Avenue in Marysville early Oct. 18, evading police for over a week.
The wounded man was shot in the right arm and a bullet appeared to graze his back, according to a police report filed in court Thursday. Officers applied a tourniquet and he was taken to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.
The injured man told police at the hospital he had been at one of the self-serve car wash stalls next to the Chevron when a white Dodge Ram pulled up. The man said Kingma got out of the truck and identified himself as “Todd.”
Security footage shows they had a short conversation, according to police. Kingma then reached into his truck and grabbed something. Moments later, he pulled a handgun out of the pocket of his pants.
He opened fire, police allege. The surveillance video reportedly shows shell casings flying in the air as the victim crouched near a gray Honda. One of the Honda’s rear windows shattered. Three people were in the Honda.
The 44-year-old man ran toward the gold Cadillac de Ville he arrived in, police wrote. Another bullet hit the driver’s door of the Honda. The man got his own gun and started shooting back before running away. Kingma was still shooting at him, according to police.
The man ran north through a body shop parking lot, reportedly leaving his gun by a van. Kingma got in his car with his wife. He pulled out of the car wash stall and fired two more shots at the man, according to the police report. The bullets hit the building housing the body shop.
Police think Kingma did not know the man he allegedly shot.
Five days later, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Everett police responded to a domestic violence call at Kingma’s residence in the 10200 block of Third Avenue. Police allege he fled in his vehicle, crashing into eight cars, including an Everett patrol vehicle. He then reportedly fled on foot.
Police dogs searched for Kingma but didn’t find him that night.
The Snohomish County Violent Offenders Task Force found Kingma just after 2 p.m. Wednesday in south Everett. Again, he ran off, according to police.
After a brief search, he was found hiding in a backyard in the 600 block of 104th Place SE. Police blocked roads as they tried to apprehend the suspect.
Kingma was arrested for investigation of first-degree assault, drive-by shooting, four counts of second-degree assault and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Those are all felonies.
Everett District Court Judge Pro Tem Remy Leonard set Kingma’s bail Thursday at $500,000. He remained in custody at the Snohomish County Jail.
Kingma is well known to law enforcement in Snohomish County. In 2010, he was convicted of a robbery at gunpoint. In 2017, Kingma pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to elude police and one count of auto theft. He called and told his community custody officer in March of that year, “Catch me if you can,” according to court documents.
When officers caught up to him soon afterward, he told them: “I’ve been to prison too many times. I can’t stand it there. I’m like a bird that can’t be caged. I will do whatever it takes to try to get away.”
This year, police wrote, Kingma has fled authorities a couple times. In January, he reportedly crashed into multiple vehicles while evading police. In another case, he allegedly went to Oregon to avoid prosecution. He was captured there by U.S. Marshals.
Jake Goldstein-Street: 425-339-3439; jake.goldstein-street@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet.
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