Teen wanted for killing sleeping bus rider turns himself in

A 17-year-old boy has turned himself in for the random killing of a passenger sleeping on a Seattle bus — which was described as a “senseless execution,” police said.

Miguel Rivera Dominguez, of Burien, Washington, peacefully surrendered to the authorities Monday, the King County Sheriff’s Office said.

The teen is expected to be charged as an adult with first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm in the Oct. 3 shooting death of 21-year-old Marcel Wagner.

Rivera Dominguez was riding on a King County Metro bus in White Center, a neighborhood south of Seattle, for about 15 minutes, wearing a full ski mask, when he pulled a cord to request a stop and then unleashed a barrage of bullets at Wagner, who appeared to be sleeping, court documents stated.

The teen opened fire on the fellow passenger “without any provocation, and in fact without having ever interacted with the victim at all,” deputy prosecutor Lauren Burke wrote.

The 21-year-old allegedly fired five rounds into Wagner’s head and neck at point blank range “without uttering a single word.”

“The defendant’s senseless execution of a total stranger strongly suggests that if released on his own recognizance or on a low bail, he will commit future violent offenses,” Burke wrote in requesting that bail be set at $3 million prior to the suspect’s arrest.

A friend who was with Rivera Dominguez on the bus later told detectives that he had no warning the 17-year-old was going to gun down the sleeping passenger, whom they did not know, according to the charging papers.

There were about a dozen other people on the bus who seemed shocked by the gunfire, including the shooter’s friend, King County sheriff’s detective John Free wrote in a probable cause statement, citing bus surveillance video.

After killing Wagner, Rivera Dominguez was seen in the footage firing two shots through the rear doors of the bus, before taking off with his pal, authorities said.

Detectives identified the murder suspect by following him and his friend using surveillance cameras, eventually tracking them to a neighborhood in Burien.

Investigators used an address given by a neighbor to identify Rivera Dominguez through a prior report that he had run away from the home.

Surveillance video from a Boys and Girls Club showed that Rivera Dominguez changed clothes and taking off his mask in a locker room just after the deadly shooting.

Rivera Dominguez had no prior criminal record, said Casey McNerthney, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office.

With Post wires