Overview

• Gregory William Timm was arrested at the scene on July 31 on Alaskan Way and charged in King County with first-degree assault with a firearm enhancement.
• He is being held on $750,000 bail and scheduled for arraignment on August 18 in King County Superior Court.
• Prosecutors say Timm accused 68-year-old wheelchair-bound Harold James Powell of stolen valor, ripped off his military patch and then shot him at point-blank range in the chest.
• Defense attorneys contend he acted in self-defense after Powell allegedly displayed a knife and an airsoft gun, a claim prosecutors say state law bars because Timm was the initial aggressor.
• Prosecutors are evaluating whether to introduce Timm’s 2021 criminal mischief conviction from a politically charged 2020 incident into evidence and he faces up to life in prison if convicted.