SPD says it is looking for information to help identify the two teen suspects in the Garfield parking lot shooting — SPD reports the teens “had a verbal altercation prior to the shooting incident. The male in the orange hoodie entered a white sedan type vehicle and fired multiple shots from the car. The male in the black hoodie ran after the suspect vehicle and pointed a gun at it before running towards the baseball field.” Call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000 if you have information.
The Seattle Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying two teen gunmen who police say opened fire in a late afternoon shooting that left a third teen injured Thursday, May 18th in the Garfield High School parking lot and the campus Teen Life Center.
SPD released the photos Wednesday following a Monday night campus safety meeting attended by Chief Adrian Diaz organized by school families and officials over ongoing gun violence in the area. The East Precinct says it has boosted patrols in the area of the school.
Arrests were not a major focus of Monday’s meeting as officials tried to answer questions about improving safety and providing community and after school resources for teens as well as resources to help organize volunteer safety walks around the school. Garfield principal Tarance Hart also discussed existing security resources working inside the school’s buildings as well as new Seattle Public Schools-provided security patrols taking place on campus.
The May 18th incident SPD is seeking information about left a 19-year-old shot in the leg. Another serious shooting took place behind the school late on Friday, May 26th where a 29-year-old man was shot in the chest. There have been no arrests announced in either incident.
The area around Garfield isn’t the only area of concern for gun violence in the East Precinct. Public officials and community representatives are also looking at changes around Nagle Place next to Cal Anderson Park where two brothers were shot to death in May.
Wednesday also brought an announcement from Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office of the launch of Reach Out Seattle, a new initiative focused on prevention and early intervention of youth mental and behavioral health challenges organized after the fatal shooting that took the life of a 17-year-old last fall on the Ingraham High School campus. The new “learning programs” were designed to teach community members “how to how to identify a young person displaying signs of mental or behavioral health challenges, when and how to intervene, as well as how to coordinate access to available resources if clinical intervention is necessary,” according to the mayor’s office.
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