A 20-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of a Seattle beer taproom employee.
Quusaa "Q" Margarsa was an employee at the Growler Guys taproom in the Northeast neighborhood of the city. He was found dead by police on May 9 with multiple gunshot wounds. Margarsa was remembered as a beloved member of his community.
The murder happened on the morning of May 9. Patrol officers responded to a report of a man down at a business on Lake City Way in the Northeast neighborhood of the city. The officers found the victim dead of apparent fatal gunshot wounds. Medics from the Seattle Fire Department arrived on the scene, where the victim was pronounced dead.
The police report did not name either the victim or the business, but local news outlets identified both. The victim was 25 year-old Quusaa "Q" Margarsa; Margarsa was an employee at Growler Guys, a chain of taprooms in the Pacific Northwest and Wisconsin.
Details, however, are scant.
“The circumstances leading up to this shooting are under investigation,” Seattle Police detective Eric Munoz told the outlet. “It is far too early in the investigation to understand what happened. We can’t speak on motive. We don’t have those whys yet.”
Growler Guys was closed while police investigated, but friends, family, and coworkers spent the entire weekend visiting the bar to pay their respects. Dole remembered Margarsa as a valued member of the community.
“I guess I would say that he and his friends, including my son, the rest of them, are about as tight-knit a group of young men that you’ll ever find,” he said. “And he was a key part of that.”
"With the devastating loss of Quusaa 'Q' Margarsa, we are raising funds to assist with funeral and memorial expenses," the fundraiser states. "Any donation amount is greatly appreciated in support of Q's family, during this tragic time."