April 25, 2026 at 11:16 am

A man who shot another man in a wheelchair on Seattle’s waterfront last summer was sentenced Friday to 42 months, according to King County prosecutors.

The victim, Harrold Powell, who uses a wheelchair, was busking between the aquarium and the ferry terminal. Gregory Timm, who was 32 at the time, approached and accused Powell of stolen valor, demanded to see his ID and took his military insignia, according to King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion. She wrote that Powell displayed a large knife and reached down for a realistic looking pelt gun, and Timm simultaneously drew a real gun and shot him in the chest at close range.

Powell, who was 68 at the time, survived the incident and attended Friday’s sentencing hearing.

Timm was convicted by a jury of second-degree assault, with a firearm enhancement for the shooting and third-degree theft of the victim’s military patch. He faced a sentencing range of 39 to 45 months.…