¶ 1 Arturo Gomez Rios appeals the sentencing court's order requiring him to register as a felony firearm offender under RCW 9.41.333. Rios argues that the jury's verdict did not establish that he was convicted of a felony firearm offense because it is unclear if the jury found him guilty of a firearm offense. Because the jury's general verdict is unclear as to the threshold question of whether Rios committed a "felony firearm offense," we hold that the sentencing court erred by applying the discretionary factors and ordering Rios to register as a felony firearm offender. Consequently, we reverse and remand to the sentencing court to strike the requirement that Rios register as a felony firearm offender.
FACTS
¶ 2 On January 4, 2017, the State charged Rios with second degree assault. Specifically, the information alleged that "on or about December 30, 2016, [Rios] did intentionally assault Jorge Topete with a deadly weapon to wit: a handgun and/or a knife." Clerks Papers (CP) at 1.
¶ 3 At trial, three eyewitnesses testified that Rios assaulted Topete with a firearm. Officer Chad Pearsall, testified that when he arrested Rios, he found a knife on Rios's person, Rios denied using a gun, and Rios claimed to "only use a knife." Verbatim Report of Proceedings (VRP) (Feb. 22, 2017) at 62, 66-67. Officer Pearsall's description of the knife was similar in color and shape to the eyewitnesses' descriptions of the firearm used during the assault. No firearm was recovered in the area.
¶ 4 During its closing argument, the State argued that
[defense counsel] may point out to you, as he brought out from the witnesses, that the knife is kind of squared off, too, right.
*1017He may suggest to you that it was the knife, not the gun. All right. And so I-I just need to address that briefly. Look at your definition of a deadly weapon because, remember, the charge is assault in the second degree, which means an assault with a deadly weapon, not a gun. A gun is [a] deadly weapon, but it's not the only one. Okay. A gun is always a deadly weapon. Other things can be deadly weapons.
VRP (Feb. 23, 2017) at 143-44. Then, in rebuttal, the State argued that "it doesn't matter if it's a gun or a knife, all right, because either one is a deadly weapon." VRP (Feb. 23, 2017) at 156.
¶ 5 The jury was instructed that to find Rios guilty of second degree assault, it must find that the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Rios assaulted Topete with a deadly weapon.1 The jury returned a general verdict of guilty as charged, but the verdict form did not specify whether the deadly weapon Rios was armed with was a firearm or a knife.
¶ 6 At sentencing, the State requested that the court order Rios to register as a felony firearm offender under RCW 9.41.330. Defense counsel objected and argued that the court should not order Rios to register as a felony firearm offender because the jury's verdict did not indicate whether the jury found that Rios was armed with a firearm during the commission of the crime as required under RCW 9.41.330(1). The court ruled that Rios was convicted of a felony firearm offense, ordered him to register as a felony firearm offender, and stated in its ruling that it considered Rios's criminal history and propensity for violence.
¶ 7 Rios appeals the sentencing court's order requiring him to register as a felony firearm offender.
ANALYSIS
¶ 8 Rios argues that the sentencing court erred by requiring him to register as a felony firearm offender under RCW 9.41.330(1) because the evidence is insufficient to find that he was convicted of a felony firearm offense. We agree.
I. LEGAL PRINCIPLES
¶ 9 A defendant may be ordered to register as a felony firearm offender under RCW 9.41.333 only if he or she was convicted of a felony firearm offense. RCW 9.41.330(1) provides that "whenever a defendant in this state is convicted of a felony firearm offense ... the court must consider whether to impose a requirement that the person comply with the registration requirements of RCW 9.41.333 and may, in its discretion, impose such a requirement." A "felony firearm offense" is defined as "[a]ny felony offense that is a violation of [this chapter] ... [or] [a]ny felony offense if the offender was armed with a firearm in the commission of the offense." Former RCW 9.41.010(8)(a), (e) ( LAWS OF 2015 ch. 1, § 2).2
II. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT NOT SUPPORTED BY VERDICT
¶ 10 Rios argues that the jury's general verdict is not sufficient for the sentencing court to impose a requirement that he register as a felony firearm offender because if the jury found that he was armed with a knife, and not a firearm, as a deadly weapon, then his conviction does not qualify as a felony firearm offense. We agree.
¶ 11 Here, the evidence at trial was that either a knife or a firearm was used in the commission of the crime and the jury returned a general verdict that Rios was guilty of using a deadly weapon in the assault. Further, the prosecutor argued in closing and rebuttal arguments that it did not matter whether Rios was armed with a knife or a firearm, and that either deadly weapon would suffice to find Rios guilty of second degree assault beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury found Rios guilty as charged of second degree assault with a deadly weapon, but it did *1018not find that Rios was armed with a firearm in the commission of the offense. It is unclear from the jury's general verdict whether the jury found that Rios was armed with a firearm or a knife during the commission of the crime.
¶ 12 Because the jury's general verdict is unclear as to the threshold question of whether Rios committed a "felony firearm offense," we hold that the sentencing court erred by applying the discretionary factors and ordering Rios to register as a felony firearm offender. Consequently, we reverse and remand to the sentencing court to strike the requirement that Rios register as a felony firearm offender.
We concur:
Maxa, C.J.
Price, P.T.J.