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Family fills courtroom, demanding justice for community leader
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The suspect in the killing of a Seattle community leader was ordered to be held without bail at his first court appearance on Friday on probable cause for first-degree murder among multiple other pending charges.
The judge sided with the King County Prosecutor that the suspect, identified as Ashton Christopher Leffall, is a danger to the community. The judge also found probable cause to hold Leffall for two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.
It was an emotional day in the courtroom, as family gathered to demand justice for D'Vonne Pickett Jr.
"My baby was my everything," said Pickett Jr's mother, Nicky Chappell. "My first-born child, my only son, he was amazing, he was -- amazing son, amazing brother, amazing father, husband, uncle, a neighborhood hero, a business owner. I'm so proud of my baby."
His sister says they plan to carry on Pickett Jr.'s legacy, which includes running Pickett Jr.'s business, The Postman.
"There's no way you can walk through the Central District and not know- D'Vonne Pickett Jr; he had a name," Pickett Jr's baby sister Da'Ajeray Morris said. "Everyone respected my brother. There's nowhere you could go and it's not like- oh you're Mr. Postman's sister. I am!"
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https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/suspect-central-district-killing-dvonne-pickett-jr-held-without-bail-seattle/281-c48e216f-b7fb-4d96-835e-390121740aa9