He is accused in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Theodore Wheeler in Seattle\u2019s Northgate neighborhood on Oct. 15, 2025, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Andrews was initially arrested days after the shooting in Antioch, California, after a vehicle pursuit involving multiple law enforcement agencies and booked into the Contra Costa County Jail<\/a> on a temporary homicide warrant.<\/p>\n FAMILY WARNED NONPROFIT NOT TO FREE REPEAT OFFENDER WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED MAN DAYS LATER<\/a><\/p>\n Isaiah Jamon Andrews, a homicide suspect, was mistakenly released from a California jail before being captured months later by U.S. Marshals. (Seattle Police Department; Contra Costa County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n But just days after his arrest, jail staff mistakenly released Andrews on Oct. 22, even though he was being held on local charges, a juvenile warrant out of Sacramento and an out-of-state homicide warrant tied to the Seattle case, according to authorities.<\/p>\n The error was not discovered until after Andrews had already left the facility, triggering a multi-agency manhunt<\/a> involving the U.S. Marshals Service.<\/p>\n He remained at large for more than five months before being located and arrested without incident in St. Louis<\/a>, officials said. He is expected to be extradited back to Washington state to face a first-degree murder warrant.<\/p>\n Authorities have not publicly explained how the release happened.<\/p>\n Fox News Digital has reached out to the Contra Costa County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> for comment on what led to the error but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes acknowledged the mistake in October.<\/p>\n CALIFORNIA FAMILY SUES CITY FOR $40M AFTER REPEAT OFFENDER ALLEGEDLY KILLS BELOVED LAB TECH OUTSIDE LIBRARY<\/a><\/p>\n U.S. Marshals nabbed the suspect more than 2,000 miles away after more than five months. (Dominic Gwinn\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “Certainly, it was an error that if they had to go back and do it all again, they would\u2019ve done something differently,” Barnes told KUTV<\/a>. “But it\u2019s my understanding that he was released by accident, and they are working feverishly to put him back into custody.”<\/p>\n At the time, Andrews was also facing local charges in California and had an outstanding juvenile warrant out of Sacramento County, according to officials.<\/p>\n For the victim\u2019s family<\/a>, the mistake was devastating.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m sad, I\u2019m hurt, I\u2019m disappointed. I feel like they don\u2019t care,” the victim\u2019s mother<\/a> told KING 5 Seattle after the mistake came to light. “Nobody notified me.”<\/p>\n![\"Composite](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/isaiah-jamon-andrews-tear.jpg\")
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