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Friday, April 24, 2009

Crime 16-Year-Old Will Be Charged as Adult for Drive-By Shooting

Posted by on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM

King County Prosecutors have filed first degree assault charges against a 16-year-old boy for allegedly shooting two men in South Seattle on April 20th. Prosecutors are asking that the teen be charged as an adult.

According to police records, the 16-year-old was involved in an altercation with three men who believed a car the 16-year-old was in contained a stolen stereo. After the three men threatened the driver of the car, the 16-year-old allegedly leaned out of a back window and fired five shots, striking one of the men in the hand and another in the buttocks.

Police staked out the neighborhood where the shooting occurred and arrested the 16-year-old the next day. Police records say when the teen—who told officers he is a member of the Union Street Black Gangster Disciples gang—heard he had shot one of the victims in the buttocks, he laughed.

Court records indicate that the teen was also involved in a burglary and standoff with police in Beacon Hill earlier this month which ended after the SWAT team was called out.

 

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1
Did the cops say "buttocks"? Because I would've laughed at that shit too.
Posted by keshmeshi on April 24, 2009 at 5:21 PM
2
I laughed too.
Posted by w7ngman on April 24, 2009 at 5:29 PM
3
Will he be charged with a hate crime for laughing? Cause that's really mean.
Posted by I'm sorry I shot you in the buttocks... on April 24, 2009 at 5:31 PM
4
@3, He would only be charged with a hate crime if he shot a gay man in the buttocks in capitol hill.
Posted by neo-realist on April 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM
5
Little shit.
Posted by Greg on April 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM
6
Wait, how the f--k did the douche bags who killed Tuba Man get off with 72 weeks in Juvie? This kid didn't kill anybody but he's being tried as an adult. WTF?
Posted by yucca flower on April 24, 2009 at 6:29 PM
7
The kids did a plea deal -that is how they were able to get it knocked down to being tried as minors. The police had no other witnesses -besides the teens who beat up the Tuba Man.

Even if this kid didn't kill anyone -I am glad he is being tried as an adult. Hopefully as more kids who do this sort of thing are tried as adults, it might make an impression and stop some of the nonsense in the CD.
Posted by au gout on April 24, 2009 at 7:25 PM
8
"Shot him in the ass on the downstroke." Pharcyde - Soul Flower

Mid-90's hip hop is to blame. That and Forrest Gump.

Posted by It's not funny guys on April 24, 2009 at 7:35 PM
9
I was all excited to comment, but both the Pharcyde and Tuba Man points were already made. You guys are quick tonight.
Posted by seattle bike guy on April 24, 2009 at 8:44 PM
10
Under state law, if someone is 16 or 17 when they commit certain crimes, the adult court has automatic jurisdiction. If they're 15 when they commit the same crimes, the juvenile court must hold a hearing to determine whether the kid should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. And in King County, the judges almost never *choose* to send a 15 year old to the adult court.

So...the drive-by shooter is 16, and once charged the adult court has automatic jurisdiction. The Tuba Man kids were all 15 at the time of that incident, and the judge denied the request to try them as adults. If they had been 16, they would have been in the same boat as the drive-by shooter (and vice versa).
Posted by Gidge on April 24, 2009 at 9:20 PM
11
nigger shit
Posted by ha ha you will delete this but NIGGER SHIT!!!! on April 24, 2009 at 9:58 PM
12
hey you white seattle wimps are you sick of being a bunc?h of weak fags yet
Posted by seattle = white wimps on April 24, 2009 at 10:00 PM
13
we should go to a nigger shit parlour and show these freaks what a real old-fashioned nigger shit party is all about... I love putting nigger shit covered in gook splooge and faggot ass in my mouth all day long
Posted by NIGGER SHIT AND FAGGOT ASS AND GOOK SPLOOGE on April 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM
14
Another tricky little gun giving solace to the one
That'll never see the sun shine
Another inch of your life sacrifice for your brother
In the nick of time
Another dirty money heaven-sent honey
Turning on a dime
Posted by Jack White on April 24, 2009 at 10:37 PM
15
!niggggger shit!
Posted by it beez whiteys fault nigger shit on April 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM
16
cocks
Posted by i heard blackies beez habbin de biggest cocks on April 24, 2009 at 11:21 PM
17
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Posted by bobby on April 25, 2009 at 3:16 AM
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Looks like somebody stopped taking their Tourette's meds last night...
Posted by COMTE on April 25, 2009 at 9:10 AM
20
how do you "believe" a car contains a stolen stereo?
Posted by Black People are psychic now? on April 25, 2009 at 9:31 AM
21
@ 20,

You believe a car contains a stolen radio, when you witness the radio being stolen from your car and carried over to another car and driven away. It is similar to the way the press uses the word "allegedly".
Posted by yucca flower on April 25, 2009 at 10:44 AM
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ppl seriously need to stop posting stupid shit on here ppl actually do need this info u ignorant jerks!!!!
Posted by nesy on April 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM

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