Condition upgraded

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Doctors on Monday upgraded the condition of Kevin Jung, a lawyer who police say was shot in the head by a rival attorney, though his chances for recovery appeared slim.

Doctors at Overlake Medical Center “have been vague about his chances for recovery, largely due to the extensive brain injury incurred,” Jung’s family said in a news release. His condition has been upgraded to serious from critical.

Jung, a 44-year-old married father of two, was shot as he sat in his car in the parking lot outside his office Nov. 3. A witness provided police the shooter’s license plate number, which was tracked to William R. Joice, a 50-year-old former Snohomish County deputy prosecutor.

Joice, charged with attempted first-degree murder, was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in King County Superior Court.