2 teens wounded in shooting at Seattle's Discovery Park
SEATTLE - A 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were wounded Thursday night when someone opened fire during an altercation at Discovery Park in Seattle, police say.
Officers responded to the scene at about 10:45 p.m. after receiving a report of shots fired near the Visitor's Center in the park, said Seattle police spokesman Jeff Kappel.
About a half hour later officers received a report that a male with a gunshot wound arrived at a North Seattle hospital. Officers responded to that location to investigate further.
The girl didn't know she had been hit until she went home and noticed her leg was bleeding. She was taken to a hospital by her mother early Friday.
Both victims are expected to recover.
A preliminary investigation indicates that a 16-year-old boy got into some type of altercation with three other teens. One of the three teens shot the victim in the arm. All three suspects then fled the scene and remain at large.
It is unknown what initiated the confrontation, but police believe the victim and the shooter were known to each other. Officers interviewed the victim, who was less than cooperative.
Police are now looking for three teenage boys who were involved in the altercation with the victim.
Gang detectives are investigating.
Officers responded to the scene at about 10:45 p.m. after receiving a report of shots fired near the Visitor's Center in the park, said Seattle police spokesman Jeff Kappel.
About a half hour later officers received a report that a male with a gunshot wound arrived at a North Seattle hospital. Officers responded to that location to investigate further.
The girl didn't know she had been hit until she went home and noticed her leg was bleeding. She was taken to a hospital by her mother early Friday.
Both victims are expected to recover.
A preliminary investigation indicates that a 16-year-old boy got into some type of altercation with three other teens. One of the three teens shot the victim in the arm. All three suspects then fled the scene and remain at large.
It is unknown what initiated the confrontation, but police believe the victim and the shooter were known to each other. Officers interviewed the victim, who was less than cooperative.
Police are now looking for three teenage boys who were involved in the altercation with the victim.
Gang detectives are investigating.
At least these idiots only gave two people minor wounds.Â
I wonder if they are gonna take a bath today.Â
this is what we get from years of violent video and online games that children play for hours. there is no value in life of someone else.Â
@32jim2 Are you sure it isnt from when cavemen used to throw rocks at each other and club each other with crudely fashioned weapons? That was my first guess
 @32jim2 Nah, kids were killing kids waaaaaay before the creation of video games.   This is what we get from kids having dirtbag or non-existent parents and a community who worships the 'thug'life. Â
 @32jim2 Yeah, that's it! Whatever
Don't worry, they will kill each other off soon enough. Â
As the Beatles knew, All You Need Is Love... Love is all you need. Â When there is a lack of it, things like this happen. Â Love your family, friends, strangers, and enemies..... put that frown upside down. Â
Stop the hate, spread the love.... and things will change. Â Be a sniveling hater, and nothing good will ever manifest.
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@Eric Darnell What planet do you live on, I would love to live there, it sounds like paradise.
SSPN, I agree with Zoso. We create reality everyday, it is the result of our actions!
 @SSPN The idea is to do your part. If the rest of us didn't, then we'd all be nuts. He is completely right.
 @SSPN The reality is just be yourself and do what you can for yourself. What everybody else does with their lives, well that's their call, you can't make their decisions for them and personally I wouldn't worry about it. If you do worry, then you're gonna end up in a messed up place. You just make your own decisions and try to make the right ones. The reality is that's all you can do.
@Zoso He may be right and that is certainly the way life should be lived, but it is not REALITY, you do know what reality is don't you?
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It is real, each one can start doing his/her part. If each one assume the responsability of loving and doing good the world will be a better place; starts within first. With Love.
It is very disheartening that human life has no quantifiable value within the younger generation
 @Larry*X*K I think it is a very small segment of the younger generation though. Most teenagers are great people with goals, interest in the environment and human rights, interest in government.  Many of them are avid volunteers, artists, scholars. No, as it has always been, a few bad apples put a smear on the rest....we need to not judge the whole on the actions of the few.
another day in da seattle gang life and hood
 @armor:Â
Since when is Magnolia "the hood"?
It really does come down to parenting. Mentoring. Kids who are raised to have self-respect and respect for others, value of life and a firm grasp of "what the future can hold" are much. much less likely to become anti-social, join gangs and become violent. We need to work as a society to value our youth, show them the way. Be there for them.
Nice sentiment. I've worked with youth. Some don't have any respect of anything. No matter how much you try to talk to them, show them the way, etc, their home life (or lack thereof) completely destroys any efforts.Â
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I think a lot of these kids feel hopeless.
These violent movies like Dark Knight, etc. are influencing our culture, not to mention pot, and more important hard drugs.Â
And where are the parents of the childern?
The daily Seattle shootings!
It's a big city. Chicago has had 1400 so far this year. One every 3 1/2 hours and many are not even reported. Seattle does not get a shooting a day either. I'm calling hyperbole on you. Seattle is one of the safest cities in America.
Teenagers are now shooting each other...what a sickening thing! What does this say of our society? Disagree with someone? Just kill them, or at least attempt to!Â