The trial of the 36-year-old Kent man charged with first-degree murder in the death of 12-year-old Alajawan Brown on April 29, 2010, on West Hill in Renton, was getting under way this week.

Curtis John Walker has been in custody in the King County Jail in downtown Seattle on $5 million bail since his arrest on May 14, 2010.

Jury selection is expected to begin on Monday, with opening arguments likely to begin on Tuesday.

Alajawan was walking home from a bus stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Way when he was hit by gunfire from an argument at an apartment complex. Despite attempts to revive him, Alajawan died in the parking lot of the 711 store at South 129th Street.