22-year-old Seattle man shot, critically injured during argument
SEATTLE - A 22-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday evening when he was shot during an argument between several people near the Mount Baker area of Seattle, police said.
Officers responded to the scene, in the 500 block of 26th Avenue South, shortly after 5 p.m. after several neighbors called 911 and reported hearing three to five gunshots, said Seattle police spokeswoman Renee Witt. There were also reports that the shooting victim was leaving with several people in a silver Mazda.
As police responded to the shooting scene, additional officers went to Harborview Medical Center and found the silver Mazda with the shooting victim and others inside.
The victim was rushed into surgery with two gunshot wounds to the torso. His current condition is not available.
According to witnesses, the shooting took place after an argument broke out in front of a house at the scene. The victim, the shooter and several other people were involved in the argument.
When detectives contacted the victim’s mother at Harborview, she told detectives that her son was at the scene of an argument between his father and the father of her son’s 18-year-old girlfriend. During that argument her son was shot.
The victim's mother also said she does not know why her son was shot and didn’t know the name of the girlfriend or the girlfriend’s father.
The shooter is described as a black man in his early 20s, who was last seen wearing a black jacket, black shoes and a knit cap. The suspect fled the area on foot.
The Seattle Police Department's Gang Unit is actively investigating the shooting.
Officers responded to the scene, in the 500 block of 26th Avenue South, shortly after 5 p.m. after several neighbors called 911 and reported hearing three to five gunshots, said Seattle police spokeswoman Renee Witt. There were also reports that the shooting victim was leaving with several people in a silver Mazda.
As police responded to the shooting scene, additional officers went to Harborview Medical Center and found the silver Mazda with the shooting victim and others inside.
The victim was rushed into surgery with two gunshot wounds to the torso. His current condition is not available.
According to witnesses, the shooting took place after an argument broke out in front of a house at the scene. The victim, the shooter and several other people were involved in the argument.
When detectives contacted the victim’s mother at Harborview, she told detectives that her son was at the scene of an argument between his father and the father of her son’s 18-year-old girlfriend. During that argument her son was shot.
The victim's mother also said she does not know why her son was shot and didn’t know the name of the girlfriend or the girlfriend’s father.
The shooter is described as a black man in his early 20s, who was last seen wearing a black jacket, black shoes and a knit cap. The suspect fled the area on foot.
The Seattle Police Department's Gang Unit is actively investigating the shooting.
Why do they call the police when no one including both parents refuse to identify the shooter ? Typical ghetto mentality BS.
Maybe Komo should start reading the SPD Blotter. The Blotter states that, so far, witnesses claim there was an argument in front of the house that involved the victim's father and the father of the victim's girl friend. The fact that Gang Unit detectives are following up does not necessarily mean this guy is a gang member, they follow up because something could be a gang incident and because they know a lot of the young people in the Central District and South End.Â
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Knowing that he is a gang member, I hope he pulls through and will be fine in the end. I really do understand how one becomes a member and why they do it. I hope you are able to find some solid support through this, and get you back to achieving your goals and dreams.Â
 @Just my say Excellent point, and we don't even know at this point if he is a gang member, or if so, how deeply involved. This could have come exactly at a crossroads time in his life.Â
I don't know that I would trust him enough to hire him for work in my home, but I commend you for being willing to give him that chance.Â
 @Just my say I understand you all too well. I knew gang members when I was in my early 20s. I did not approve of their activities then or now, but circumstances led me to know a few of them and to learn how they got to be gang members. These happened to be white guys, belonging to the Skin Heads, and if anyone doesn't think that's the same as other gangs, they need to do some research. What they all had in common was a long list of bad experiences, many of which were: divorced and/or abusive parents, sexual abuse, alcoholism, neglect, and time spent in state run kids homes/schools. Some of these people were very young, and some were the worst of the worst (I knew one actual murderer, while most of them had multiple assault charges in their background). The appeal of the gang was simple- they were trying to replace the families they had lost and they were messed up mentally and twisted emotionally. I interacted with these people because they came into the place I worked at and I did not refuse them service unless their behavior merited such. I am not a racist and I did not keep quiet about my own views when speaking with them. I extended compassion and was never harmed by these people, though I was always disgusted with their views. I did learn a bit about gangs and how they appeal to broken kids.
 @two loons  @Just my say I worked in a home for abused and abandoned kids, years ago. The majority of them were in some kind of legal trouble, even before jr. high. they all had one thing in common.. crappy parents.  The abuse these kids endured would make you sick, and yet they still loved their parents. They were abandoned, and still they hoped the parents would come back.  Getting them out of the home sometimes worked, but it means years of therapy.  I know that the home and social workers had the goal of getting the kids back to the parents, but I always hoped that wouldn't happen, as i'd seen too many of them coming back when it failed.  I think it was Keanu Reeves in Parenthood that said "you have to get a license to drive a car, but any ass#$e can have a kid."  It's the parents. Period. They love their drugs, their alcohol, their TV, more than they love their kids.Â
@two loons @Just my say I share in part what you say, but on the other hand I had a lot of family issues and a very complicated and sad childhood, I never turned a gang member though. I put myself together the best I could, and I turned out to be an engineer instead of a criminal. Of course, I'm lucky I was born with a quite high IQ, and I received a lot of help during 10 years from an incredible psychologist. I still think there is something else, some people is violent and cruel, other people is not.
 @Just my say You should offer him a job once he gets out of the hospital.  Babysitter?  Housesitter?  I'm sure he'd do a fine job.
 @heavyweather You know I should offer him a job, we are going to help out a friend this spring to roof her house. I am sure it would be good for him to learn a new trait. Thank you for the idea.Â
 @Just my say  @Sam Maley His goals and dreams begin and end with our wallets.  Cast not your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet then turn again and rend you.
 @Sam Maley  @Just my say  @heavyweather Which is part of the reason so few reform.  How could they when so many people like you are out there?Â
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I'm not excusing crime. Â Yet, saying somebody who would like to help a former criminal get back on his life makes you sick.. Â honestly, is pretty sickening. Â
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 @Just my say  @Sam Maley  @heavyweather "I do not give a rats a** who you were yesterday. I care about who you will be tomorrow." Exactly! Rehabilitation is not easy and I recognize that the success rate is low BUT there are people out there who DO want to change and if you ever have the chance to meet some of them, you might be ashamed at your prior attitude. Believe me - I've been there and I am so sorry for my lack of grace in the past. Sometimes all it takes is someone who is willing to take that chance!
 @Just my say  @heavyweather i get where you're coming from, though we don't know the full circumstances, i typically have little respect or forgiveness for criminalsÂ
 @Sam Maley  @heavyweather Why would I make you sick, is it because I would love to see a gang member do something with their life and achieve their goals and dreams. I do not give a rats a** who you were yesterday. I care about who you will be tomorrow. He has every right to make something of his life but as long as people like you treat him this way, he will never want to do anything positive. Keep throwing negative crap at people and see what you get in return.Â
 @Just my say Let us know how that works out.
You will get blasted for your comment but thank you for saying it anyway! As long as someone is alive, they are not beyond the possibility of changing. I am not excusing criminal behavior but it's far easier to judge someone when you don't understand what led them to the place where they are!
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 @VikingMom well when you have the victim's mother suddenly unable to recall the name of the son's girlfriend, or her father, you can understand that he's not going to miraculously turn his life around. Â