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Jontae Robert Chatman of Kent, was booked into the jail just after 10 p.m. on investigation of first-degree attempted murder and is being held on $2 m

Jail records show 21-year-old Jontae Robert Chatman of Kent, was booked into the jail just after 10 p.m. on investigation of first-degree attempted murder and is being held on $2 million bail. The suspect was accompanied by his laywer, said King County sheriff's spokesman, Sgt. John Urquhart. fourth suspect wanted in connection with a brazen shooting at a SeaTac intersection during Tuesday's rush hour showed up at the King County Jail Saturday night to turn himself in.Three other men were arrested last week in connection with the shooting, which injured two men, one of whom is "clinging to life" at Harborview Medical Center, Urquhart said.Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a Cadillac was ambushed as it waited at a red light at South 188th Street and International Boulevard. A gunman standing on the sidewalk fired at least 20 rounds from an assault rifle into the Cadillac, critically injuring the driver and seriously wounding his front-seat passenger. A woman and her 2-year-old son were in the back seat but were not hit.After the shooting, the gunman jumped into a Ford Taurus that then sped away. Detectives have not yet said which suspect is believed to have fired into the Cadillac.
The driver of the Taurus suffered a serious groin injury after one of his cohorts accidentally shot him with a handgun, Urquhart said. The 20-year-old Seattle man was dropped off at a Renton hospital and later taken to Harborview Medical Center. He recovered enough from his injury to be booked into the King County Jail late Wednesday night.A 21-year-old SeaTac man was arrested in Burien on Friday morning. Then, just before noon on Friday, a 21-year-old Seattle man was arrested in central Idaho by local authorities. King County detectives were to interview the man in Idaho. He is awaiting extradition to Washington.Like Chatman, the other suspects are also being held on $2 million bail for investigation of first-degree attempted murder, Urquhart said. He said prosecutors are expected to file charges against the four men this week.
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