Crime Watch update: Burglary suspect linked to shooting

handcuffs_2.jpgThis just in from detectives at the Southwest Precinct: The youngest of the three suspects arrested after a West Seattle burglary on Monday (WSB coverage here) is now also confirmed to be the suspect in a shooting outside the Renton Fry’s store last week. According to this article about the shooting, it happened when a Fry’s employee tried to stop a car theft; nobody was hit or hurt by the gunfire. The suspect just turned 17 this month.

17 Replies to "Crime Watch update: Burglary suspect linked to shooting"

  • ML March 19, 2008 (6:59 pm)

    Where are the parents? What is going on in W.S. I continue almost daily to read this Crime Watch about kids throwing rocks, burgulries left and right, etc… and if we do find out when the police make an assert, it almost always seems to be a kid.
    I was unable to attend last night’s community meeting at the Southwest Precinct – did anyone perhaps suggest a curfew be enforced in W.S.? I see packs of kids all the time in the Admiral neighborhood, either loitering at Jack in the Box or 7-11 or the gas station at all hours of the evening. Sorry to vent, but all the juvenile crime seems to be getting out of hand. Either that, or it’s just being reported so much more.

  • Aim March 19, 2008 (7:38 pm)

    ML: Not every kid has good parents. It’s up to all of us to say something when kids are acting up in public. If the parent isn’t parenting, sometimes the community needs to. Otherwise it’s the community that suffers later.

    That said, I was a bit of a hooligan as a kid too, and got into my fair share of trouble. What saved me from any MAJOR trouble was knowing that someone, anyone, could and would tell my parents what I was up to. That needs to start happening again. Folks are so scared of “making someone angry” that they just don’t speak up. It’s a terrible shame.

    Heh, I sound 85.

  • TheHouse March 19, 2008 (7:47 pm)

    What happens when you tell the parents that their kid has been misbehaving and they pull a gat on you?

  • ML March 19, 2008 (8:10 pm)

    Aim – I agree with all your points, and I didn’t mean to sound so general with my statement. That was what was top of mind while I was typing. It’s definitely a combination of many factors for sure, and I agree it would be great to see folks in the community get more involved. Which brings us to TheHouse’s point – often people are afraid of the repructions of speaking up. Or they are too busy gfoing about their own buisness to be bothered to care.
    I think I sound 85 too! HA :-)

  • JanS March 19, 2008 (8:21 pm)

    Oh, House…like that would happen (a gat? nah, something smaller, I’m sure. Now, choose your battles, but don’t underestimate the power of adults communicating. My daughter always got caught because we basically played by the rules, so it was easier for her to get caught when she didn’t, and…because I knew her friends parents…we knew the neighbors…even a block or two away, sometimes more. If n0thing else, make sure 911 is programmed in your phone ;-)

    “it takes a village” :)

  • beachdrivegirl March 19, 2008 (8:49 pm)

    Aim, I understand that not every kid has good parents…that is why when a minor gets in trouble the parents should be held somewhat accountable too. I made a comment just earlier today after reading the recent crime report and that the two of the three teenage girls that were caught drinking although just 14 were “known to police”. My brother was the most f’d up kid i know and although it was hell for my family my parents went above and beyond to fix it and he isnt in prison which is the best thing for me..My parents went as far to have my sister and I live at my grandparents so they could try to gain control of the situation…

  • Paul March 19, 2008 (9:10 pm)

    I am on both sides of the fence. There are some parents who will do anything to help their children, and I know of some who have almost lost their house to try to keep the kids in line, but the kids just don’t care. I know others who could care less about their children. Its a very different world than it was when I was growing up and I am not that old either.

  • Wes March 19, 2008 (10:09 pm)

    I can’t believe this! How dare you tell these kids what is right and wrong! For all you know you they are only doing what is right and feels good for them! And you guys come along and impose what you think is right and wrong on them! If you are not careful you will hurt their self esteem and do you want them to feel bad for the things they do?
    What is this world coming to really?!

  • beachdrivegirl March 19, 2008 (10:26 pm)

    wow if we could only have you for a parent wes…

  • Wes March 19, 2008 (10:39 pm)

    if you have ever read any of my other post, it is a sarcastic and yet true in the ways people see other issues of life – including this one.

  • Pelicans March 19, 2008 (10:59 pm)

    One of the scariest things I read years ago was that parents and the family environment don’t have as much influence on children as their friendsand our culture/environment do. That was a few years before the popularity of internet, cell phones, texting, etc. Can’t remember where I read it, but it just hit home. I’ve never had kids, but I work with the post-adolescent results. Most are wonderful, but then there are those who make you wish their parents had moved to the farthest reaches of Alaska with no outside influences.

  • beachdrivegirl March 20, 2008 (8:37 am)

    Arent parents the ones who decide who and who not their children hang out with? And arent parents the ones that expose a child to culture and environment….

    and i will have to read more of your posts wes. I have seemed to miss some fo them.

  • Rockergirl March 20, 2008 (9:09 am)

    Wes – your comment does ring true for some parents attitude and parenting style (or lack of it)though – I had an experience once where I made a comment to a few girls about some risky behavior I witnessed. Later that day I received a call from one of there mothers and she basically scolded me from trying to “protect” her daughter from what could have been a dangerous situation. My response to her was – that’s fine – you have just told me to not care about your daughter – so when she get’s into trouble do not blame me for not trying to warn you. Too bad that some parents do not see the value of having ” a village of parents” to watch over there child.

  • s March 20, 2008 (9:56 am)

    I also think that parents should be held responsible for the trouble their children get into. I am amazed at how many “kids” are out roaming around West Seattle late at night. My apartment is right beside a bus stop and during the summer, it gets so loud with youngsters hanging out waiting for one of the late busses(late, like 2am). Maybe if the parents had some consequences, they might make a little more of an effort to keep their children inside at midnight.

  • barmargia March 20, 2008 (3:49 pm)

    I once mentioned to a woman who was loading an infant into the family minivan that her toddler son was running around the cars and into the street and was at risk of being hit by a car. She told me to drive on and to mind my own m*ther f*cking business.

  • s March 20, 2008 (5:18 pm)

    heaven forbid we insinuate that someone is a bad parent….even if in reality…THEY ARE.

  • BusinessOwner March 25, 2008 (12:44 am)

    I tell parents, kids, dog owners, employee’s at establishment, etc . . . when they’re behaving “out-of-control”! Usually they’re so shocked that someone approached and spoke upon their behavior they straighten up!

    However, I don’t understand the youth of West Seattle . . . middle to upper-middle class families, but there children act as if they were born in a Ghetto or Trailer park!

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