Seattle man arrested in Belltown robbery and homicide case

A Belltown robbery case that looked stalled for nearly three weeks finally moved when Seattle police said a 34-year-old man was arrested on April 29 and booked into King County Jail for investigation of murder and robbery. The arrest, carried out by the U.S. Marshals Task Force, gave investigators a concrete break in a case that began as a shooting response and ended as a homicide.

The violence unfolded in the 2400 block of 4th Avenue shortly after 5:30 a.m. on April 9, when officers arrived to find a 41-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was still breathing when first responders reached him and was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition. Police also found a second man who had been assaulted and pistol-whipped during the robbery.

The victim died at Harborview at about 3:35 a.m. on April 10, and Seattle police detectives upgraded the case to homicide. From there, the SPD Homicide Unit took over, turning what had started as an armed robbery call into a murder investigation centered on the early-morning attack in Belltown.

Later reporting added a sharper edge to the case: prosecutors alleged that three armed suspects were trying to steal about two kilograms of fentanyl. That reporting identified the victim as Jesse Finney, 41. It also said Bradley Allen Might was charged in connection with the case and entered a not-guilty plea, while a second suspect, the 34-year-old West Seattle man arrested this week, was identified as facing probable cause for first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Police were still looking for a third suspect.

That broader picture matters because it changes the frame from a single shooting to a coordinated robbery that allegedly spiraled into a killing. The arrest gave the case the kind of momentum true-crime readers watch for: a victim named, a timeline tightened, and multiple suspects now linked to a street-level attack that ended with one man dead and another beaten. Seattle police said the investigation was still active and asked anyone with information to call the Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.