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Boy accidentally shoots friend on Granite Falls trip

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A 14-year-old boy accidentally shot his 19-year-old friend yesterday with a semi-automatic handgun the older teen smuggled along on a camping trip.

The 14-year-old, his parents and the 19-year-old were camping near the ice caves outside Granite Falls, said Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen. The two teens were in a tent playing with one of two guns when the semi-automatic fired, hitting the older teen in the arm; the bullet then lodged in his neck, she said. He was in serious condition at Everett General Hospital, she said.

Seattle

Teenager identified in fatal lake accident

King County medical investigators yesterday identified Jabril Adem as the 14-year-old Seattle youth who nearly drowned in Lake Washington on Tuesday and died two days later.

Just before 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Seattle firefighters were called to the Seward Park swimming area. By the time they arrived, a doctor who happened to be in the park had pulled the boy from the bottom of the lake onto a swimming platform and begun CPR, a Fire Department spokeswoman said.

Adem was under water between four and seven minutes, she said. Adem was rushed to Harborview Medical Center, where he was in critical condition until he died.

Washington state
 
Recall of Kid Cuisine frozen meal continues

A national recall of the new frozen-dinner product Kid Cuisine Twist & Twirl Spaghetti & Meatballs continues, according to its manufacturer, ConAgra Frozen Foods.

The recall, announced June 25, followed the discovery that a potential allergen, walnuts, is not listed in the ingredients, though it is included in the dinner's brownie dessert, said a ConAgra spokeswoman. There have been no reports of allergic reactions linked to the product, she said.

Though the product was intended for national distribution, including in Washington, it is not clear whether it reached every intended market before the recall was announced, the spokeswoman said.

Seattle

Candidate Dave Ross to leave radio July 23

Congressional candidate and radio talk-show host Dave Ross will leave his show July 23 to devote himself to his campaign, he said yesterday.

Ross has been under pressure to get off the air since entering the race in mid-May. Several opponents, including fellow Democrat Alex Alben, have said it is unfair and possibly illegal for Ross to receive hours of daily airtime while on the campaign trail.

Ross, however, has said he doesn't need to leave until he officially files as a candidate with the Secretary of State's Office, something he must do by July 30.

Ross, a Mercer Island resident, is running in the 8th District, which includes much of East and South King County and east Pierce County.

Vashon Island

16-year-old boy killed in car crash identified

A 16-year-old boy who died earlier this week in a car accident on Vashon Island has been identified as Daniel Castle.

Investigators say that about 3 p.m. Wednesday, Castle was the passenger in a van with three others, also teenage boys. The van sped through a stop sign at Southwest Bank Road and 107th Avenue Southwest and crashed into another car.

Seattle

Man, 60, pleads guilty to killing wife, 44

A 60-year-old Mill Creek man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife last November.

Leta Kiesz, 44, had just filed for divorce from Douglas L. Kiesz. Police and prosecutors say he shot her after a dinner date and left her body in a car at a Kent parking lot.

The sentencing range for second-degree murder is 10 years, three months, to 18 years, four months in prison. Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County prosecutor, said prosecutors will recommend the maximum.