Seattle judge releases accused murderer, 27 hours after 65-year-old military veteran was stabbed to death

A judge in Washington state released a teenager a day after he was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 65-year-old veteran in a home.

On Friday, Renton police said 19-year-old K’Shawn Konscience Jimerson called 911 shortly after 2 p.m. and told the dispatcher he had stabbed someone and was “outside with the knife.” Jimerson also claimed during the call that he was acting in self-defense, police said.

“The 911 caller said they stabbed the repairman in the house,” Renton Police Lt. Susan Hassinger told FOX 13 Seattle.

Witnesses told police they heard the argument and then saw Jimerson with a large butcher knife and covered in blood, FOX 13 reported.

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A witness also claimed to see 65-year-old handyman and veteran Michael Gray bleeding to death and shouted for Jimerson to call 911.

When officers arrived at the apartment, they found Gray with stab wounds to his side and back.

Officers immediately rendered aid, but Gray died at home, police said.

Officers also recovered the knife from a sink full of laundry detergent, court records show.

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Renton police were called to an apartment Friday after 19-year-old K’Shawn Konscience Jimerson called 911 and told the dispatcher that he had stabbed someone and was standing “outside with the knife.” (Renton Police Department)

Police said Jimerson remained at the scene and was arrested.

When police officers were asked if they objected to Jimerson’s release, they answered “yes” on a court form and stated: “Jimerson, 19, stabbed a 65-year-old man with a large knife during an argument.”

At his first court appearance, 27 hours after his arrest, Judge Michelle Gehlsen initially set bail at $50,000, although she found probable cause for second-degree murder The prosecutor asked for bail of $2 million.

Police said Jimerson posted bond and was released.

The prosecutor has filed a motion to increase bail and the hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Renton police told Fox News Digital.

Detectives told FOX 13 that surveillance video showed Jimerson chasing Gray from behind and striking him in the back of the head with a large wooden club, then striking him twice more in the head after he fell to the ground.

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K’Shawn Konscience Jimerson, 19, left, is accused of stabbing 65-year-old handyman and veteran Mike Gray at a home in Washington state. (King County Prosecutor’s Office/Renton Police Department)

The video then shows Gray standing up and turning to interact with Jimerson, who runs away as both men enter the apartment, out of view of the camera.

Jimerson recently returned to Washington from Texas, where his mother lives, FOX 13 has learned.

Gray had been hired by Jimerson’s grandmother to do maintenance work and spent a day and a half cleaning the walls in the apartment before his death, FOX 13 reported.

Gray lived with his roommates in a one-story home across the street from the duplex where he was killed, and they told FOX 13 he was a friendly man who was always willing to lend a hand.

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The roommates also revealed that Gray was a military veteran. It was not immediately known which branch of the military Gray served in.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.