Convicted killer speaks out before being sentenced in 2008 shooting

SEATTLE — The convicted killer spoke before a King County judge Wednesday morning, despite his own attorney's advice.

“First of all I ain't guilty of nothing. I didn't commit this crime,” said D’Angelo Saloy. “You guys sit here and act like I'm a bad guy. There's no proof that I'm a bad guy. I'm a good dude."

Staring at a 60-year prison sentence for the shooting and killing of 15-year-old Quincy Coleman and injuring another teen near Garfield High School on Halloween 2008, Saloy professed his innocence and gave the court a piece of his mind.

“So I'm just going to say you guys don't know anything about the law. Sixty years in prison like how you guys putting people in prison that long and saying it's to help people but how can you get help if you're not returned to the community that's just stupid.”

To which Judge Regina Cahan responded, “I see absolutely no remorse."

The prosecutor described the 22-year-old as 'cold' and 'cavalier' about the crimes committed in 2008 and afterward.

"The defendant would have been perfectly happy if all five young men who were standing on the stairs that day had been killed," said prosecutor Jessica Berliner.

Coleman's mother didn't want to show her face but spoke about losing her son, the youngest of four children.

“I can’t tell you to put him in jail for the rest of his life but it's not going to change anything for me," she said in court.

Then came the ruling: 712 months total --a  little more than 59 years.

The judge opted for a “mid-range sentence” given Saloy was only 16 at the time of the deadly shooting.

As Saloy was led away in handcuffs, he told his family and friends in the courtroom, “Later y'all. Keep ya head up.”

Outside court, Coleman’s family declined comment.

But Saloy's family spoke up for him.

"I just want to say that he's not the person that y'all, that they tried to paint out to be. He is a very good person," said Saloy’s grandmother who did not want to give her name.

"It's sad, you know. D'Angelo is a good person. He is. We all make bad mistakes, this happened when he was a child," insisted Saloy’s mother Kim Buss. "There's no winners here. Everybody lost."

As for Saloy's last words to the court, the prosecutor says it was "not surprising at all."

An appeal is likely.

KIRO