Deputies arrested Joseph Ta’afulisia for allegedly crashing his car into a Beaverton apartment complex while fleeing from a traffic stop on Sun., Dec. 3, 2023.Washington County Sheriff's Office
A 21-year-old Seattle man who was convicted of murder as a child is back in custody after police say he fled from a pre-dawn traffic stop in Beaverton and was arrested after crashing his car.
Joseph K. Ta’afulisia was 13 when he and his older brothers planned a heroin robbery that turned into a shooting that killed two and wounded three others at the notorious “Jungle” homeless camp in Seattle in January 2016, according to news accounts.
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