Manslaughter verdict in Marysville tavern shooting
Published 5:30 pm Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A Snohomish County Superior Court jury Tuesday convicted a Marysville man of first-degree manslaughter in connection with a 2006 shooting death outside a Marysville tavern.
Kevin Jory Braa, 47, faces a prison term of more than 13 years in the killing of Simeon Whitney, 35. Judge Ellen Fair scheduled Braa’s sentencing for March 13.
The jury deliberated about five hours on Tuesday after getting the case late Monday afternoon. The panel rejected a more serious charge of second-degree murder.
The case had racial overtones. The shooting happened after Braa made racial comments about American Indians in the bar. Whitney, an American Indian from Wapato, followed Braa out of the tavern into the parking lot.
