Four-time convicted violent Seattle felon tied to at least 9 shootings since Oct

A four-time convicted felon has been arrested in connection to nine shootings in Seattle since Oct. 6. Khalif Kameau Myles, 27, was taken into custody by Seattle police on Nov. 23. He has been booked into King County Jail on $500,000 bail, records show.

Myles has been charged with several felonies including two counts of first-degree assault, and two counts of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Additional charges he faces include drive-by shooting and other assault and weapons charges, court documents show.

Seattle police detectives said they connected Myles to at least nine shootings in Seattle since early October, including one shooting where a bullet missed a 3-year-old child by just an inch. Prosecutors said the victims appeared to be targeted at random and the gun used in the shootings was stolen, Komo News reported.


Myles is being held on $500,000 bail. Courtesy: King County Prosecutors Office


Charging documents state that Myles "senselessly shot" at two occupied vehicles in a one-month period. On Nov. 7, prosecutors said Myles fired 12 shots at another vehicle while driving in the Wedgwood neighborhood in a stolen car. One of the bullets struck the headrest of a 3-year-old child's booster seat, who was occupying it at the time. The young boy sustained injuries from the gunfire, including red abrasions to his cheek and face, while his father attempted to speed away from Myles, prosecutors said.

The evidence left at the shooting site was analyzed by ballistics experts, who determined that the gun used in the Nov. 7 incident was the same gun used in a shooting nearly a month prior, as indicated by court documents. On Oct. 13, a man reported to police that he was parked at a Papa John's restaurant in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle when a car pulled up behind him and a man in a dark hoodie exited the driver's side. The victim said he observed Myles approach his vehicle while brandishing a gun. Witnesses claimed that the defendant fired up to eight shots, three of which struck the victim's vehicle. The victim in this case did not sustain injuries, as per court documents.


Evidence submitted in court documents


"It is truly lucky that nobody was harmed," King County prosecutor Douglas Wagoner told the court. "You could say it was potentially miraculous." Police detectives believe Myles is the suspect in seven other shootings since Oct. 6.

Detectives tracked the vehicles connected to the Oct. 13 and Nov. 7 shootings and found that Myles had been driving stolen cars in both cases. Authorities said they identified Myles via surveillance video from gas stations and nearby security cameras. Detectives were able to match the suspect seen on video surveillance with an old mugshot of Myles.

A few days later, police obtained a search warrant on Myles' home and located a cross-body bag containing two stolen firearms. Prosecutors said one of the weapons in the bag was used in several shootings since Oct. 6, as well as the Oct. 13 and Nov. 7 shootings.


Evidence submitted in court documents


Myles has an extensive criminal history and has served prison time for violent felony convictions. In 2019, he was convicted of first-degree robbery and second-degree robbery for knocking an 81-year-old woman to the ground at a grocery store parking lot. Myles broke two of the elderly woman's teeth and fractured her shoulder before taking off with her purse. He was sentenced to 57 months in jail and 18 months of community service, as per court filings.

Myles was granted an early release from jail in October 2021, and the Department of Corrections terminated his supervised probation in Feb. 2023. The defendant was also found guilty of third-degree assault and third-degree theft in 2017, second-degree assault in 2015, and third-degree theft in 2022, court documents show.