Lucas Logan, 20, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a Seattle restaurant employee.
Adel Toy, Dalton Day, Elizabeth Wiley
May 19, 2026 at 4:32 pm PDT
May 19, 2026 at 6:41 pm PDT
SEATTLE — The suspect who shot and killed a 25-year-old Seattle restaurant worker earlier this month pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
Lucas Logan, 20, pleaded not guilty in King County Superior Court to enhanced first-degree murder with a firearm. He remains in the King County Jail on $2 million bail. A general court hearing is scheduled for June 11 and the trial could begin as early as July 7.
Logan is accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Quusaa “Q” Margarsa inside a Growler Guys off Lake City Way on the morning of May.
According to court documents, a co-worker found Magsa lying in a pool of blood near the restaurant’s back door. Investigators found shell casings, bullet damage and keys near his body.
Detectives believe Magsa met Logan and a woman at the Lava Hookah Lounge in North Seattle earlier that night and then invited them back to the restaurant after it closed.
Surveillance footage reviewed by detectives allegedly showed the trio arriving at the restaurant around 5:25 a.m. and spending more than an hour together. Investigators wrote that the interaction appeared friendly throughout much of the morning.
The atmosphere changed around 6:41 a.m. when the group appeared to have a verbal disagreement near the back door, court documents said. Detectives said when Logan pulled a handgun from his messenger bag, Magsa turned around while trying to open the door and allegedly shot him several times in the back.
Charging documents filed Thursday say Logan later told the woman that he allegedly shot Margosa “to protect her” because Margosa “took her into a back room.” Prosecutors noted that the door Magassa opened, which led into the parking lot, was the same door the gang had used to enter the restaurant earlier.
Investigators said Logan and the woman fled through a patio area after unsuccessfully trying to force open another door.
Prosecutors said no criminal case involving the woman has yet been transferred to their office.
