King County prosecutors mid-week continued to consider whether to file charges against an 18-year-old man who is a suspect in the shooting death of his cousin.

The 19-year-old victim died of a gunshot wound at about 12:30 a.m. Aug. 1 at an apartment complex off Martin Luther King Jr. Way on West Hill. The suspect surrendered to authorities that night.

A King County Superior Court judge decided Aug. 2 in an initial court appearance that there was probable cause to hold the suspect for second-degree murder and set bail at $750,000.

The deadline to formally file charges was Monday, but the man remained in jail on a charge of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. His bail on that charge was increased to $250,000, according to Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office.

Apparently a handgun was pulled out among a group of people in the apartment and passed around for inspection. At some point the victim’s cousin pointed the gun at him, pulled the trigger and shot the 19-year-old in the chest, according to Sgt. Cindi West, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office.