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   From: bwhite@usa.org   
      
   SEATTLE - A 17-year-old is charged as an adult with first-degree   
   murder for allegedly shooting a man to death in Seattle for his   
   cell phone.   
      
   The King County prosecutor's office said Tuesday that Byron   
   White shot David Peterson, 54, on Feb. 23 as he was on the phone   
   to 911. Peterson had gone for a walk in his Greenwood   
   neighborhood and encountered White in a parking lot.   
      
   Court documents obtained by the Seattle Post Intelligencer   
   indicate police believe White went to an acquaintance's home   
   after the murder and is alleged to have admitted to killing   
   Peterson.   
      
   "He said that the man had seen his face, and he had to shoot   
   him," a Seattle detective wrote to the court, according to the   
   paper. "He showed his companions the phone he had finally taken   
   from the man and expressed his disappointment that it was not a   
   nicer model."   
      
   If convicted of murder and robbery charges with a firearms   
   enhancement, the teen could be sentenced to more than 27 years   
   in prison.   
      
   In Washington, juvenile defendants older than 15 who are accused   
   of serious violent crimes are automatically prosecuted as   
   adults, reports the Post Intelligencer.   
      
   White is being held on $2 million bail. He is scheduled to be   
   arraigned March 17 in King County Superior Court.   
      
   White is a Ballard High School senior who played football. He   
   was arrested Saturday, March 1 at Sea-Tac Airport as he tried to   
   board a plane to Atlanta.   
      
   http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-teen-accused-of-killing-man-   
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