Jesse Quincy asked a Snohomish County judge to grant him some time to get his affairs in order before being sent to prison. That was just hours before the Kent man was fatally wounded during a police shooting in a Mill Creek cul de sac.
Quincy, 33, died of a gunshot wound to the head. A Mill Creek police officer is on paid leave while a special team of detectives investigates the circumstances surrounding Quincy’s death, which is standard for all police shootings.
Friends of the slain man say they don’t understand why Quincy was shot and have questions about what happened.
“Why would a 20-year veteran use deadly force for a suspected car prowl?” Quincy’s friend, Peggy Rud, said. “We want it looked into and not forgotten about.”
Rud said she believes that Quincy had gone to the neighborhood to pick up a friend who called him for help.
“He was a great friend,” she said. “There was more to him than his criminal history. He’d made mistakes but that’s not who he was. He was a caring person. He would help anyone he could.”
Court records show that Quincy had battled drugs and resorted to stealing to feed his habit. He served about three years in prison for a 2003 theft.
Quincy was back in court Thursday afternoon, Jan. 24. He was scheduled to be sentenced for four charges, including possession of stolen vehicles, possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to court records. During that hearing he also pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen $30,000 Corvette in November.
Quincy was facing up to five years in prison, court documents show.
His attorney asked the judge to delay sentencing.
“They asked for a 30-day continuance. (Quincy) said he had to move his stuff out of his house into storage because he was going to prison,” Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Larry McKeeman said Tuesday.
McKeeman agreed to postpone the sentencing for 10 days. Quincy was ordered to return to court Feb. 4.
Diana Hefley writes for the Herald of Everett.
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