Redmond man pleads not guilty to murder motivated by alleged ‘affair’ | UDPATE

Published 11:05 am Tuesday, November 15, 2011

UPDATE | A 43-year-old Redmond man accused of murder over an affair, pleaded not guilty Friday morning. According to King County Prosecutors, Sung Kim, who is a programmer for Microsoft, will have a case hearing Dec. 14.

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A Bellevue man was shot and killed at a downtown apartment building Tuesday morning.

Police responded to the Belle Arts apartment complex, located at 111 108th Ave. NE, at 10:07 a.m., where they found Jin Kim. Kim was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound.

Kim was shot after a 43-year-old Redmond man confronted him about having an affair with his wife.

According to court documents, the suspect’s wife said she her affair with Kim was “emotional, not physical.” The suspect said he could not work and came to Kim’s apartment, who is employed by his wife, court papers said.

The victim and the suspect’s wife were leaving the apartment together when the suspect asked to speak with them. There the suspect confirmed Kim was having an affair with his wife. He pulled a 9 MM pistol and shot Kim once in the head while he was sitting at a desk, according to court documents. He then threw the gun out the window and waited for police to arrive.

The suspect told police he asked Kim to leave his family alone. The victim began arguing with him and demanded $500,000. Out of anger, the suspect said, he pulled the gun and shot Kim, court documents said.

“My life is over, and I’ll never see [my son] again,” he said.

The suspect is being held on $2 million bail, and police have recommended charging him with second-degree murder.

The incident was an alarming one for Angela Bousman, 22, who lives in the building. She has never worried about her safety in the complex, where she has lived with a roommate for the last eight months.

“We have our doors unlocked all the time, so this is terrifying,” said Bousman, who is also an emergency medical technician.

Bousman said the building requires a key to get inside.

Above, a car possibly related to a Bellevue Police Department homicide investigation is towed for impound from a parking across from the Bell Arts apartment building in downtown Bellevue on Tuesday. Photo by Chad Coleman/Bellevue Reporter