A 27-year-old Seattle man pleaded not guilty on Monday to a first-degree murder charge for shooting a Tukwila man on Sept. 4 at a Kent home.
Quang Ngoc Dinh entered the plea in King County Superior Court at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Dinh remains in custody at the county jail in Kent with bail set at $1 million. He is scheduled to return to court Oct. 3 when a trial date could be set or attorneys could ask for more time to prepare the case.
Dinh told Kent detectives he shot and killed Huy Huynh, 39, because the man decided to go to bed and refused to stay up and drink alcohol with him. Dinh allegedly shot Huynh at a house in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue South. Dinh also faces a first-degree assault charge for shooting and injuring a woman at the house.
Dinh said he became angry after the man refused to keep drinking alcohol with him, so he went out to his car to get his handgun, according to charging papers. He returned to the back door of the home and shot the man through the open door.
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