Teen arrested for shooting his friend in leg

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You may have noticed some police activity early this morning near 80th and 28th St., and officers say a 17-year-old shot his friend in the lower leg. Police say both friends were drinking in a garage of the suspect’s residence just after midnight, and both told police it was accidental.

But officers say the suspect initially ran from the scene, dumped the gun, and “initially refused to show officerss where the firearm was, but changed his mind once he was placed inside a patrol car.” He was later booked into Youth Service Center for violation of the Uniform Firearms Act with recommended charges of minor in possession of alcohol. (Thanks Jeff for the tip!)

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98 thoughts to “Teen arrested for shooting his friend in leg”

  1. We are on 28th and heard some teenagers yelling on the street last night, around 9:45-10:00. We were actually in the basement and heard the ruckus and went upstairs to see what was going on. They were headed north on the street. I'm wondering if it was these too. They were very anger, very loud! We could hear them for several blocks.

  3. Ah yes, the ol' “lemmie show you where my dad hides his gun” routine. A true American male right of passage. Especially entertaining when mixed with alcohol.

  4. So where'd he get the gun? Owned and/or licensed by his parent(s)?

    Ugh, I'm so disturbed by the gun nuts in this state. More isn't better.

  5. hi parents! maybe could you keep your kids away from the guns and alcohol? your neighbors would appreciate it….i know, i know – your child is a speshul snowflake, and would never do anything wrong, but consider it at least.

  8. You didn't try hard enough then. Being an idiot in your teens is actually quite fun as long as you survive it. It also makes you less prone to cranky statements in the comments section later in life.

  11. yeah, we need these morons to try much harder to be morons just so they can be happy morons posting in the comment section of moron stories.

  12. heard that… the people we associate with are like a mirror to our character… i hope young people recognize they have control over this

  13. yeah, we need idiot kids shooting off guns, thats what we need. i wonder how fun it would be for a stray bullet to find an innocent bystander acroos the alley, etc.

  14. At least the moron would survive to be a happy moron poster, and the victim, if they survived, would be a tad cranky, and quite unwelcome.

  16. The victim is a good kid who made a series of bad choices. But he's not a moron or an idiot. He's actually a very kind and thoughtful person. I understand people's anger and frustration but I'm just grateful he's going to be okay and that he will learn from this. If you're going to be judgmental in your posts about people or events without knowing the details or the background of the people involved, at least acknowledge that before you rant. That way, you don't come across like an idiot.

  17. You have to understand that the blog comments and the forum are mostly a mix of banal day to day neighborhood business; fantasy and imagination; exaggeration; paranoia; ranting; and neighbors acting like internet tough guys. There's some reality to be found, but not in a case like this.

    Tell the kid we're glad he's going to be alright.

  18. so, i come across as an idiot if i think this was a dumb, dangerous situation?

    why do i need to “know the details” – any dumb drunk kid playing with a gun comes across like an idiot to me…and the parents should keep the guns locked up. those are the details that matter, imo.

  20. The kid got shot on accident the kids are good kids mixing with a a bad pupil, make sure u know what your talking about before you blog, faggots

  22. SPG- is this the kind of happy idiot poster you were talking about?
    He seems a tad cranky to me
    and a homophobe to boot…

    But, the victim has swell friends

  25. We know the story.
    Two underage morons drinking in a garage.
    Add a gun, which one of the morons fired.
    One moron gets carted off in an ambulance.
    The other moron runs, stashes gun, lies to police.
    Later gives up gun, gets ride to YSC.
    This, we know, the rest we wonder about.
    If you have something to add, that we really don't know, enlighten us.
    And use your words, you know, the english ones…

  29. dude, you are very hard to understand because of your totally overpowering dumb-osity. maybe if you try you can get into a community college or something. have a nice life punk.

  31. I am more offended the he lets his dog run loose, pooping up and down the street.

    Glad everyone is okay though. Learning experience, I guess…

  33. I can envision the scenario where some immature kids are playing with a gun. As an adult it makes sense that someone is liable to get hurt…

    But to RUN from the cops… dump the gun and try to lie their way out!

    Have we (as a society) decided that there are no consequences to our actions?
    Have we (as a society) decided that the police are our enemies?

    ?

  34. Well, as a mother of a teenager, I always taught my daughter to think of the police as a “friend,” or at the very least, that she could go and talk to them if she were in danger, or she saw something untoward. I am seriously reconsidering this, in light of the tunnel beating.

    And of course, its easy to parent teenagers from the sidelines. I used to do it too, when she was little. We all know its hard. Maybe we should give each other a break.

  35. Note to tuff guys:

    If you kids think you're “man” enough to play with a gun, then at least try to be man enough to handle some criticism when you fuck up…like shooting your buddy in the leg, for instance.

    Calling your neighbors morons, assholes, and faggots doesn't make you look tuff at all. More the opposite, actually.

  40. I'm guessing that public education hasn't improved much in the last twenty years…don't have any proof to speak of really…just a gut feeling….

  43. well,,if u cant beat em join em,,,ima make a diss on my self,,,dis da real fire here,,,i hate me to blah blah make fun of me blah lol i love how im on ur minds though thx,,,pathetic mortals,,, if this were DC yall would be face down in the snow,,, facing the demons in my soul,,,

  47. TELL ME YOUR ADRESS NIGGA. BLOGGIN LIKE DAT IS BAD FOR YOUR GRANDMOMMAS HEALTH. IF ONLY I COULD CRUSH YOU THRU THA SCREEN

  53. Ahhh, nothing funnier than bored, middle class white kids thinking they are all gangsta and s**t cuz they live in Ballard, and can play with dad's gun.

    LOL Ballard Boyz! Even the grandpa's around here you think you're a joke.

  56. Well, I was going to comment a little further up that on cue the conservatives come in with no sense of humor. I didn't anticipate the fucktards* chiming in though.

    *this is not a comment on people with special needs as fucktardation is self inflicted by choice.

  62. Little children today are morons.

    It's s shame we will have to pay to keep them in prison most of their lives. At least we know they can look forward to that.

  63. Well this is all very interesting…a lot of it seems to be written by people who have too much time on their hands and some very vivid imaginations.
    I'm the mom of “the shooter”. He was arrested late Friday night, but wasn't processed until 7:00 Saturday morning. He spent several hours in a holding cell, because…surprise surprise….they were processing so many other kids that night that they couldn't get to him for 8 hours.
    (KCJD is FULL of kids…all kinds of kids. Rich kids, poor kids, white kids, etc…)
    I can assure you he is currently locked up.
    I visited with him Saturday and today (Sunday). I can guarantee you he has no idea that the accident has been blogged about in “My Ballard.” I wouldn't have known either if someone hadn't emailed me a few minutes ago; I don't usually read this stuff, nor do I intend to come back here after I post, so don't bother trying to engage me in some kind of moralistic volley.
    My son has no access to the Internet in the detention facility, so he hasn't had a chance to weigh in here, nor will he. Whomever is posing as him is just that…POSING.
    It was an accident. The shooter and victim are best friends. Accidents happen. Unfortunately, sometimes people get shot. It's terrible. I suppose we've all forgotten about this:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney_huntin…

    There are hundreds of incidents like this on the Internet. Some involving alcohol. Some not. Some are just a couple of dudes out hunting, or even just a couple people checking out a gun, when “the gun just somehow went off…”
    http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/accident-cent…

    I could go on and on. Some people aren't so lucky. Sometimes people die as a result.
    http://www.megaessays.com/essay_search/accident…

    It was stupid. It was a result of Teenagers + Guns + Alcohol + Boredom + First night of Mid-Winter Break Euphoria . Really REALLY bad combination.

    The shooter is remorseful. He feels awful about what happened. He wishes he could rewind the entire night. He's lucky the cops didn't shoot him in their adrenaline-filled frenzy to sort out how the “victim” ended up with a gun-shot wound. (The victim suffered a flesh wound; the result of a 25 cal bullet ricocheting off the concrete floor of a garage.)
    Who could blame them after the recent police shootings?

    We are all relieved that it wasn't much worse. It could have been tragic.
    Hopefully when the shooter finally gets out of the KCJDC he will find a way to break free of this cycle that seems to be pervasive amongst some high schoolers these days. No jobs. Boredom. Binge drinking.
    It's too easy for kids to get booze, pot, pills, guns.

    Be careful who you judge.
    It's almost 10:00…do you know where your teenager is?

  64. Why do you say that about the tunnel beating? (I'm truly asking not being snarky). I don't know much but I thought it was security guards that didn't step in – not police. Were police involved?

  67. LBB, the latest info I heard was that the girl appealed to two SPD beat cops and while they separated the parties, they have gone on receod as sayingthat they couldn't do anything more, as they had not seen an actual crime being committed.

  68. Almost, but not quite, as good commenting as the fondly remembered Mr. Franklin Sardines, just more fake.
    But right into my urban crap- poetry notebook.

  72. Onderfullone, maybe me and you should have a sit down talk,
    I live right by loyal heights cc. I'm always over there. There will be other parents
    there from block watch we would really appreciate your input
    hope to see you around monday throught Wednesday lower playfield 1:00 to 2:00
    please write back…

  73. If you want the details about these kids here it goes. They sit around and drink all the time and they have drug deals going on day and night. Where is the mom u ask?? Well she is never home and is in total denial. This activity has been going on for a long time. So if your sons hang out there now u know what goes on. Not only are these kids drinking and druging they steal from whoever they can. So lock up your yards cause they probably have already staked it out. Whats really sad about the shooting is there are lots of little kids around that could have been hit if it was during the day. I say lock all of these stupid kids up cause they have been causing problems for the neighborhood for far to long!!!!!

  74. You really shouldn't read these comments when you are close to the situation, it's for people who want to express their views and you might not always like what they have to say. I'm glad the victim will be okay but I have heard numerous stories about this particular group of kids from that house and they are nothing but trouble. I'm sorry but a 17 year old should not have such easy access to alcohol, much less a gun. Parents need to be more involved.

  75. I completely agree, Ballard is so full of kids who think they are so tough and really are just stupid and don't know what tough means. I've heard this story too many times and the bottom line is they are kids and they shouldn't have guns, period. They are idiots.

  77. thats about what i expected to hear, to be honest.

    so, mom is out to lunch…any sign of dad?

    we all watch out for each other on my block and in our alleyways. i doubt these lil tuff guys will bother us. they could try, i guess…

  85. What exactly would you expect my input to be?
    I'd say keep up the block watch, and report, report, report.
    The next logical step in this mess is for the community to put pressure onto the authorities to press 'contributing to the delinquency of minors' charges, get child welfare involved, and start the process of holding the parents accountable that allow this crap under their noses.
    As far as meeting anyone, I have to rule that out. Sorry.
    Besides, I'm not exactly welcome around here, in case you haven't noticed.

  87. Ben Yagoda's biography of Will Rogers describes a similar incident during a hunting trip he took while at boarding school. One of the students was accidentally shot in the leg and they had to carry him back.
    The school's response was swift and effective; their guns were confiscated for the weekend.

  91. What's really funny is that thirty years ago I was just like you!

    Brush your teeth and quit smoking. You may live to be fifty despite your best efforts, and you'll be happier if you have your teeth and lungs intact.

    All in all, being fifty isn't too bad. You have had a lot of years to collect friends and money, and you know lots more about the world. You have a lot more control over what happens to you and how you spend your time. Plus the sex is much better once you've had a couple of decades to figure out how to do it right…

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