[3] According to police, on October 25, 2008, a group of youths beat and robbed McMichael near Seattle Center just after midnight.
Seattle Seahawks officials helped to organize a November 12, 2008 public memorial at Qwest Field Events Center that was attended by 1,500 people.
"[citation needed] The DA who prosecuted the case told the Seattle Times that because no eyewitnesses came forward after McMichael was assaulted and robbed, he was not legally able to charge the perpetrators as adults and seek longer prison terms for their actions, and was limited to the standards of juvenile criminal law instead.
Ja’mari Alexander-Alan Jones, who at age 15 served six months for killing McMichael, pleaded guilty on 10 December 2014 to the murder of DeShawn Milliken and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
[5] Fellow Tuba Man killer Billy Chambers was later convicted of a firearms charge and sentenced to 6 years in prison.