Man charged in wife's shooting during Seattle Uber ride

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Gene Johnson, Associated Press
Updated 7:55 pm, Thursday, July 6, 2017




SEATTLE (AP) — A man fatally shot his wife during an Uber ride in Seattle last weekend after they argued about going to a wedding after-party, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with second-degree murder.

Cameron Espitia, 31, told investigators he had been drinking and "having a bad night" but didn't remember what happened during the ride with the Uber driver late Saturday night, Seattle police Detective Patricia Hayden wrote in charging documents.

Hayden said the defendant was riding in the back of the vehicle and his wife, Jennifer Espitia, 29, was in the front passenger seat when they began arguing. The driver described hearing a bang and thinking it might have been a tire popping but then saw the woman slumped over.

Deputy King County prosecutor Jessica Berliner called the shooting "inexplicable" in asking the court to keep bail set at $3 million Thursday.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Man-charged-in-wife-s-shooting-during-Seattle-11270857.php

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Cameron Espitia, Jennifer Espitia

[angstlessk]

1. OH, yeah, he needed to go to another drinking party...

he was found passed out in bushes...instead he killed his wife!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I've heard of shotgun weddings

but not a through-the-seat handgun divorce

until now

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. "prosecutor Jessica Berliner called the shooting "inexplicable"" Really? Seems pretty explicable:

the drunk husband had a gun. End of argument.

[dreamland]

4. Why did he take a gun to a wedding?

The article said he shot his wife because she didn't want him to go to an after-party. It's childish and sad.

[maxsolomon]

7. precisely. who takes a gun to a wedding?

gunners are terrified of their own shadows.

[dhill926]

5. drunk asshole....

she seemed lovely, and now she's dead. Because you're a drunk asshole. And now your life is ruined as well....asshole.

[oneshooter]

6. Nobody here seems to care about the Uber river. This effects him also.

[Blue_Tires]

8. but he's alive and unhurt?

yeah that was a traumatic thing to witness, but the dude could have very easily shot him as well, too...

[EL34x4]

9. Not to mention the couple who got married...

...and whose wedding day will now always be remembered for a stupid, senseless murder committed by one of their guests.

Lots of ruined lives thanks to this stupid, drunk asshole.

[SoCalMusicLover]

10. Another Feather In NRA's Cap

This Death brought to you by the NRA and ALL it's members.

[Egnever]

11. Responsible gun owner

Till he wasn't...