SCTPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PIERCE COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff,

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CAUSE NO. 12-1-0 1384-7

DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES,

INFORMATION

DOB: 8/511976 PCN#: 540692700

Defendant. SEX : MALE S D # : UNKNOWN COUNT I

RACE: BLACK DOL#: UNKNOWN

I, MARK LINDQUIST, Prosecuting Attorney for Pierce County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Washington, do accuse DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES of the crime of MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE, committed as follows: That DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES, in the State of Washington, on or about the 15th day of April, 20 12, did unlawfilly and feloniously, with intent to cause the death of another person, cause the death of Bruce Price, a human being, on or about the 15th day of April, 2012, contrary to RCW 9A.32.050(l)(a), and in the commission thereof the defendant, or an accomplice, was armed with a firearm, to-wit: a handgun, that being a firearm as defined in RCW 9.41.010, and invoking the provisions of RCW 9.94A.530, and adding additional time to the presumptive sentence as provided in RCW 9.94A.533, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Washington. COUNT I1 And I, MARK LINDQUIST, Prosecuting Attorney for Pierce County, in the name and by the authority of the State of Washington, do accuse DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES of the crime of MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE, a crime of the same or similar character, andlor a crime based on the same conduct or on a series of acts connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan, and/or so closely connected in respect to time, place and occasion that it would be difficult to separate proof of one charge from proof of the others, committed as follows: INFORMATION- I
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That DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES, in the State of Washington, on or about the 15th day of April, 2012, did unlawfully and feloniously, while committing or attempting to commit the crime of Assault in the Second Degree, and in the course of and in furtherance of said crime or in immediate flight

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therefrom, caused the death of Bruce Price, a human being, not a participant in said crime, on or about the 15th day of Aoril, 2012, contrary to RCW 9A.32.050(l)(b), and in the commission thereof the defendant, 9.41 010, and invoking the provisions of RCW 9.94A.530, and adding additional time to the presumptive

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II or an accomplice, was armed with a firearm, to-wit: a handgun, that being a firearm as defined in RCW
COUNT Ill And I, MARK LINDQUIST, Prosecuting Attorney for Pierce County, in the name and by the

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UIVLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM i THE FIRST DEGREE, a crime of the same or similar N character, and/or a crime based on the same conduct or on a series of acts connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan, and/or so closely connected in respect to time, place and occasion that it would be difficult to separate proof of one charge fiom proof of the others, committed as follows: That DEVENNICE ANTOME GAINES, in the State of Washington, on or about the 15th day of April, 201 2, did unlawfully, feloniously, and knowingly own, have in his possession, or under his control a firearm, after having been previously convicted in the State of Washington or elsewhere of a serious offense, as defined in RCW 9.41.010(16), contrary to RCW 9.41.040(1)(a), and against the peace and dignity of the State of Washington.

11 authority of the State of Washington, do accuse DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAMES of the crime of (11

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DATED this 19th day of April, 201 2. TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT WA02703

MARK LINDQUIST Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney

By:
S .M. PENNER Deputy Prosecuting Attorney WSB#: 25470

INFORMATION- 2

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR PLERCE COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON, Plaintiff,

VS.

CAUSE NO. 12-1-0 1384-7

DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES,

DECLARATION FOR DETERMINATION OF PROBABLE CAUSE

Defendant. S.M. PENNER, declares under penalty of perjury: That I am a deputy prosecuting attorney for Pierce County and I am familiar with the police report andlor investigation conducted by the TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT, incident number 121060219; That the police report and/or investigation provided me the following information; That in Pierce County, Washington, on or about the 15th day of April, 20 12, the defendant, DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES, did commit the crimes of MLrRDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE and UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THE FIRST DEGREE. On April 15,20 12, at approximately 0430 hours, Tacoma Police officers were dispatched to a report of a shooting at 2302 Fawcett Avenue. When they arrived they found the victim, Bruce Price, laying in an alley, suffering from an obvious gunshot wound. Price suffered shots to his arms and chest. He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital where he was pronounced dead from the gunshots. One of the shots had struck his heart. Witnesses were interviewed and provided officers with the following information: The victim, the defendant, and several other people were attending an "after-hours" party at the location. The defendant, later identified as DEVENNICE ANTOINE GAINES, got into an argument with another man, Tate, who was in a wheelchair. The argument led to blows. Shortly afterward, the group throwing the party either declared the party over and instructed everyone to leave, or at a minimum instructed GAINES to leave. As GAINES and others were walking toward the cars, Price and GAINES got into a verbal altercation. Price was criticizing GAINES for getting into a fight with a man in a wheelchair. GAINES was walking backward, facing Price. The two men were approximately five feet apart. GAINES then extracted a handgun from his waistband and fired several shots directly at Price. Price collapsed to the ground and GAINES fled the scene. Several witnesses were able to identify GAINES as the shooter, including one witness who selected GAINES from a photomontage. Additional witnesses identified GAINES as the man who got into the fight with the man in the wheelchair, who was then identified by several others as the shooter. GAINES is reportedly affiliated with a Blood street gang set from Seattle. Price and Tate were reportedly affiliated with a rival gang set, namely the Hilltop Crips.

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GAINES has prior convictions for Manslaughter in the Second Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, and Attempted Robbery in the First Degree, all of which are "serious offenses" for the purposes of the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm statute. Rased on GAINES' criminal history, a conviction for count I and/or I1 in this case would result in GAINES being a "persistent offender" under RCW 9.94A.030(36) and facing a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT. DATED: April 19,20 12 PLACE: TACOMA, WA

S.M. PENNER, WSB# 25470

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