BELLEVUE, Wash. — Prosecutors on Monday charged a 38-year-old man accused of stabbing a Bellevue police officer last week, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO).
Prosecutors charged Mohamed Morray Bangura with first-degree assault with a deadly weapon enhancement and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon enhancement. The first-degree assault charge stems from the alleged stabbing of an officer at the Bellevue Transit Center on Dec. 12.
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The KCPAO said the second-degree assault charge involves a second officer who was not stabbed.
The accompanying officer was not stabbed, but the admissible evidence shows a second-degree assault under state law — and that’s true regardless of whether the victim is a police officer,” the KCPAO wrote. “Under state law, you don’t have to make contact for an assault. It is not necessary for bodily injury to be inflicted.
Court records show Bangura had no prior criminal cases before this incident.
According to court documents, Bangura allegedly made a “bogus” 911 call reporting a domestic violence incident to lure police officers to his location. The documents also state Bangura had animus toward an unrelated Bellevue police officer and filed a complaint against that officer the day before the stabbing.
“Instead of letting that complaint process play out, he chose to arm himself with a knife and assault two other innocent, unwitting officers who thought they were responding to a call of domestic violence,” court documents state. “In that interaction, seconds before attempting to stab both officers, he said, ‘Officer [X] put a false case on me.’”
Prosecutors argued in court documents that Bangura will “likely commit another offense if released from custody,” and therefore asked the court to hold Bangura on $5 million bail.
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His first court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Dec. 18.
