Posts Tagged ‘seattle’
Fight Leads To Gunfire At South Seattle Party
The police report provides more details about a giant shootout outside a south Seattle party April 25 in which one teenager was shot in the leg and six other people were arrested after a gang-fueled brawl that included gunfire and many roving fights. It all began at a [Read More]
Alajawan Brown- 12 Year Old Skyway Murder Victim
At about 6 p.m. April 29, 12-year-old Alajawan Brown got off the bus in front of the 7-Eleven on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Skyway for the walk home. He had just bought some cleats at Walmart to get ready to play football. Just minutes later he ran back, bleeding from [Read More]
Tacoma Continues Gang Sweeps
From the Tacoma News Tribune: Another suspected member of the Hilltop Crips pleaded not guilty Thursday to a variety of charges stemming from a law enforcement effort aimed at crippling the Tacoma street gang. Cory T. Campbell, 22, is charged with criminal conspiracy, [Read More]
Seattle YMCA Street Soldiers
Fantastic report from KUOW Radio: ” Jamala Henderson 06/02/2009 Gang and youth violence is a growing concern in the city of Seattle. And there are different approaches to fighting it. Some look at violence as a problem to be solved. But there’s one model that [Read More]
1 Year: The Murder Of Seattle’s Own Tyrone Love
It has been a year to the day of the murder of Tyrone Love, gunned down the early hours of February 16, 2009 as he walked home from work through Seattle’s Central District. I remember that morning well. By the time I’d gotten to work I had emails and voice messages [Read More]
Tacoma gang roundup strains public defenders
From KOMO News: TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Last week’s crackdown on suspected members of the Hilltop Crips street gang has become a headache for Michael Kawamura. The chief of Pierce County’s Department of Assigned Counsel must find defense lawyers to [Read More]
Charges Filed In Teen Bus Tunnel Beating, Robbery
From the King County Prosecutor’s Office: NEWS RELEASE February 10, 2010 A 15-year-old girl was charged today with robbery in the first degree for the brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl in the Metro bus tunnel in Seattle on January 28th. Three other youths [Read More]
King 5 Uncovers Shocking Video of Teen Assault
From King5 News: “It shows the graphic beating of a teenage girl in Seattle’s Metro bus tunnel, while uniformed security guards simply look on.” A copy of the charging documents is available at the bottom of this page, in the footer section. [Read More]
FBI Seattle Safe Streets and Gang Task Force
From the Federal Bureau of Investigation: In January 1992, we announced the Safe Streets Violent Crime Initiative, designed to allow each field office to address violent street gangs and drug-related violence through the establishment of FBI sponsored, long-term, [Read More]
Wave Of Violence Leads To Gang Arrests
From the Tacoma News Tribune: Tacoma police, federal agents and corrections officers served a series of early-morning search warrants today and arrested eight suspected members of a Tacoma street gang accused in a number of violent crimes dating back more than a [Read More]
