(Image: J’s Quick Stop)

A man has been charged in the brutal shoplifting assault at Capitol Hill’s J’s Quick Stop that put the neighborhood market’s owner in the hospital. Meanwhile, the owner is apparently ready to move on from the Bellevue Ave store.

Marquez Echols, 40, has been charged with first-degree robbery in the September attack on owner Charlie Kim that police say stemmed from a dispute over the store’s 50 cent fee on a debit card charge for a 6-pack of beer. Police say Echols pummeled Kim with a can of beer before fleeing the store and leaving the shop owner bleeding on the sidewalk.

KOMO was first to report on the charges here.

CHS reported here on the September shoplifting assault and outpouring of community support to help cover Kim’s medical expenses.

Meanwhile, J’s Quick Stop is changing hands. According to permits approved by the state liquor board, the store on the street level of the 2001-built Hawthorne Apartments is under new ownership.

CHS reached out to learn more about the change but has not been able to reach the new ownership or Kim.

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