Girl, 14, shot while walking home from Burien school
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BURIEN, Wash. -- An eighth grader at Burien's St. Francis of Assisi School was wounded in a Monday afternoon shooting.
The girl was walking home with a male friend at 3:45 p.m.when she heard a "pop," according to King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindy West. She immediately realized she had been shot in the torso with either a small-caliber bullet or pellet.
West said the girl was taken to Harborview Medical Center to have the object removed. On Tuesday morning she was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit.
A mother with a child at St. Francis of Assisi said school officials posted a message about the shooting on the school's Facebook page. The message said the shooting appears to be entirely random, but asked parents to drop off and pick up their children at the school's carport area.
West said the 14-year-old victim is in good condition.
Deputies are investigating the shooting. The victim saw a red car in the area when the shooting happened, but investigators aren't yet sure if the shooter was in a car.
The girl was walking home with a male friend at 3:45 p.m.when she heard a "pop," according to King County sheriff's Sgt. Cindy West. She immediately realized she had been shot in the torso with either a small-caliber bullet or pellet.
West said the girl was taken to Harborview Medical Center to have the object removed. On Tuesday morning she was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit.
A mother with a child at St. Francis of Assisi said school officials posted a message about the shooting on the school's Facebook page. The message said the shooting appears to be entirely random, but asked parents to drop off and pick up their children at the school's carport area.
West said the 14-year-old victim is in good condition.
Deputies are investigating the shooting. The victim saw a red car in the area when the shooting happened, but investigators aren't yet sure if the shooter was in a car.
There are several .17 caliber bullets used for small game. The same exact size as a pellet gun, and there are several pellet guns readily available that fire at over 1200fps (a little faster than a 9mm handgun.) It was most likely some bored teenager being stupid, but its definitely disturbing, and unfortunate. Wishing her a speedy recovery. And St. Francis is in Seahurst, a very affluent neighborhood similar to Normandy Park, Bellevue, or the like. I used to have an office across the street, that is a very expensive, private, Catholic school.
So as someone else already asked: Is it a bullet or a BB?
@Grumpa You don't end up in intensive care for a BB sting.
@Klondiko @Grumpa Yes you can. There are some high powered pump BB/Pellet guns that can easily penetrate the skin. They do not generally go in as far or do as much damage but they could be mistaken for a .22.Â
lets not offend the nra members by sensantionalizing it, we dont want them to feel uncomfortable.
@David Janssen You have no clue do you.
@David Janssen
Your statement has no logic.
@marsneedswomen @David Janssen your logic has no statement.
Please, it's any neighborhood, in any town...it can happen to anyone. But let's not over sensantionalize it. Just hoping the little girl is ok!
I am glad she is ok and I hope they catch the POS punk that did this.Â
Sounds like it was a pellet gun. What kind of punk would do something so stupid? Glad the kid's OK.
Except pellet guns don't *pop* or put people in the hospital in serious condition. No one knows yet if it was "punk." Could be a nutjob with a gun show receipt.
@Abe Logg People use the word "pop"  to describe sounds ranging from champagne corks to gunfire--it's not a terribly precise term.Â
As for pellet guns, I think you would be surprised how powerful they can be. Some models can absolutely cause serious bodily harm.Â
@Abe Logg %s Yeah Pellet guns do put people in the hospital. Depending on where you are shot it can be very serious. I would not want to be shot with a pellet gun that shoots 1000+ FPS.Â
EDIT: The video is not of me or anyone I know.
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I would say burien is too nice for something like this to happen.....BUT.....It's happend before in burien!
@Alexandra Shepiro --- Ha ha. You made a joke, right?!?   Â
Burien was a nice to live in 20 years ago but now it's another hellhole infested with thug loving white people and minorities. I think I see a correlation here; the more minorities that get away with slaps of the wrist for crimes they commit, the worse it'll get.
@HumanMonkeyRule --- Hellhole, indeed.Â
@HumanMonkeyRule honestly its a small enclave of nice homes down on maplewild/172nd by the water surrounded by the ghetto. The three tree point neighborhood newsletter is full of stories of car break ins, mail being stolen, house prowls etc.Â
@seattlenativemike @HumanMonkeyRule Wow. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Your assertion about Burien is patently false. Burien is not a ghetto and far from it. There are numerous neighborhoods that couldn't be futher away from be classified as a "ghetto." Sure, any city has it's "not so nice areas" and Burien is no exception. But your sensationalistic comment is so ridiculous, it made me laugh out loud.
This is Burien.  Its ghetto there. No surprise.
@grayfox Not really. Like many areas, Burien is home to some beautiful areas, and not-so-nice areas. The area near this school is filled with trees, a nice lake, and upper class, high priced homes. Dumbass wangsters ruin it for the rest.
@Sanctuary @grayfox --- Um...sorry, but like Tacoma, and regardless of what high priced homes it has, Burien is a hellhole.Â
What are wangsters? What ethnicity are they?
@HumanMonkeyRule a Wangster has no ethnicity. A wangster is short for "want to be gangster."
I think maybe like a ballchinnyion? (MIB)
@HumanMonkeyRule: Â Since when does being a "wangster" or any other cretin have to be an ethnicity? Â I thought being a jerk, thug, or bully was a universal right open to any and all, without question.
So did they remove a bullet or a BB? Â Its kind of important to the story.
@Agent43Â Let's not cloud the issue with facts...
Glad she is ok. Very scary.