Washington State Courts

Walker observed B.-H. and Schwab board the bus and sit very near
each other, with B.-H. sitting in the rear corner. RP 22, 43, 61, 10l.
Walker then saw a King County Sheriffs supervisor standing nearby. RP
22. He described B.-H. to the supervisor and told her he believed B.-H.
was carrying a gun. RP 22, 27-28, 30. Walker testified he did not have
probable cause to arrest B.-H. RP 29.
The supervisor called Schwab, described B.-H.'s appearance and
location on the bus, and told him a fellow officer believed B.-H. was
armed with a handgun. RP 40-41, 59-60. Schwab called a colleague
named Steven Johnson and discreetly conveyed what the supervisor had
told him, while at the same time watching B.-H. sitting on the bus with his
friends. RP 41-45, 74-76. Schwab told Johnson, who had gotten off the
bus moments earlier, he had not seen a gun and did not have probable
cause to arrest B.-H. RP 76.
Johnson devised a plan that involved boarding the bus through the
rear doors with three colleagues at an agreed-upon bus stop, quickly
contacting B.-H., and removing him from the bus. RP 76-78, 80, 99, 115-
16. And this is what happened. Johnson boarded first, with his gun
pointed at B.-H. RP 82, 101. Although he could not say whether his
colleagues also displayed their guns, Johnson said, "I would hope they had
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