EVERETT — King County Prosecutors charged a 43-year-old Bothell man with first-degree murder after he waited for 40 minutes before allegedly shooting his wife several times as she left a mutual friend’s home in Shoreline. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in King County Superior Court, according to King County Prosecutors’ Office spokesperson Douglas Wagoner in an email.

Around 1:30 a.m. Oct. 27, a friend was walking the victim back to her car after she visited his apartment. As he was walking back, he allegedly heard three to four gunshots and the woman screaming, court documents said. When she did not answer his call, he called 911.

Six minutes later, King County deputies responded to the 911 call reporting gunshots in the 20100 block of Whitman Avenue North. More gunshots were rep

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