Edmonds man who shot rideshare driver sentenced to nearly 20 years
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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| Alex Waggoner enters the courtroom Photo by Nick Ng, MyEdmondsNews.com |
Just after 10:15pm on January 3, 2024. Mr. Shariif was working as a rideshare driver and had just dropped off a customer in Edmonds.
After departing the drop-off, Mr. Shariif drove westbound on 236th St SW and, with a green signal, began making a left-hand turn onto Edmonds Way.
He narrowly missed hitting Waggoner, who was in the crosswalk. He rolled down his window and started to apologize when Waggoner walked up to him and shot him eleven times.
Waggoner then went home. Bystanders called 911 and Shariif was taken to Harborview, where he died.
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As a concealed pistol license holder who carries a weapon almost everywhere I go, I forcefully condemn the murder of Abdikadir Shariif. I send my sincere condolences to everyone in Mr. Shariif's family.
Carrying a firearm requires one to maintain a cool head at all times and to resist being drawn into conflict unless cornered. Mr. Waggoner failed that test spectacularly. I understand his frustration at nearly being run over by a bad driver. We do a terrible job as a state in vetting that drivers are skilled enough to have a license, and consequently, we have too many bad drivers on our roads. But at no point did Mr. Shariif intend to assault Mr. Waggoner; therefore there was no plausible self-defense claim.
Many in our community see guns as a universal negative and push for ever more byzantine restrictions intended to harass armed citizens. Two of our three state legislators are particularly zealous about tossing legal landmines in the way of responsible concealed carriers. If you're a person with little experience of guns who doesn't want them anywhere near you, it might surprise you to learn that as you go through your day, you pass dozens -- yes, dozens! -- of unseen guns in public places, carried by mild-mannered people who possess the impulse control that Mr. Waggoner lacks. We're at Costco, Trader Joe's, the park, the 1 Line, everywhere. It's perfectly legal. You shouldn't fear us. Criminals should fear us, and they do. They know that we're a greater threat to them than the soft-on-crime judge who will release them with an ankle monitor for any violent offense short of murder.
Bear this in mind the next time that our Legislature promises to "increase safety" by burdening responsible CPL holders. Mr. Waggoner is the shameful exception. The rest of us enhance community safety with our presence.
Excellent comments on concealed carry citizens, but I agree even more on your thoughts about the horrendous driver’s allowed on our streets. I’m not a gun owner but I am 69 and have been driving for 53 years with my last ticket in 1985 and last accident 52 years ago when 17.
I find today’s drivers appalling as to decision making on our streets and surprised more people aren’t killed annually.
Do we know if it was a legal gun and the person had a permit?
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