FOLLOWUP: Street robbery followed bus confrontation, police say

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As promised, we procured the police report about the Thursday street robbery that led to a search through south Morgan Junction and three arrests in west Gatewood.

(WSB photo, Thursday)

The report says it all started on board a bus headed northbound on Fauntleroy Way. The victim – 18 or 19, not a juvenile as first reported – said he got on board at the ferry dock. He said he was confronted on the bus and asked where to buy “weed.” The victim said he didn’t know but that the people who asked him continued staring at him. He felt uncomfortable so he got off the bus at Fauntleroy and Myrtle. They followed him. He crossed the street and they kept following him. Two of them demanded he give them his stuff and swung at him with closed fists. He tried to get away from them by going into nearby retirement center The Kenney but its doors were locked. So he ran north and wound up in the yard of a nearby house. Witnesses told police they saw the victim being beaten and kicked in the yard. The victim said they tried to steal his backpack and eventually got away with his iPhone and Gucci belt. The robbers/attackers then ran eastbound and by then police had been called. Three suspects were spotted at the Morgan Junction McDonald’s. When police arrived there, the three took off running eastbound. Patrol and K9 officers tracked them into the west Gatewood neighborhood where three juveniles were arrested near 41st SW/Heights Place SW [map]. The report says all three were booked into the juvenile-detention center. The victim, meantime, got his phone and belt back; police say he was curled up on the ground in “great pain” when they found him and that SFD medics recommended that he go to a hospital but he declined. We’ll follow up next week to see whether charges will be filed.

1994 October 19, 2018 (10:23 pm)

Witnesses saw the attack, medics recommended an ER visit, stolen items retrieved and returned. Certainly sounds like the three juveniles deserve some detention time, charges, court time, and consequences. Uncivil behavior.

Curious October 20, 2018 (7:44 am)

Wow. What is going on to make something like this happen? This is not the kind of society I (we?) want, now or in the future. Shouldn’t the “juveniles” be in school? What role, if any, did parents or guardians, or rather adults, play directly or neglectfully in this (not this specific event, but the precursor build-up?) What role have we played as a society? I’m not convinced detention will correct or redirect the trajectory of the lives involved, but it could. Maybe we should throw the book(s) at these juveniles? What will it take to prevent this kind of stuff in our community? It is as if they (the alledged) have the ethics of our President: none, doing whatever they please and (we shall see, perhaps?) creating whatever fiction to try to justify, confuse, or distract so they can go on with their aimless ways. Urgh?
- Question Authority October 20, 2018 (12:33 pm)
  
  What’s the president have to do with a strong-armed street robbery of an adult by some youth?
  - Curious October 20, 2018 (2:46 pm)
    
    My point regarding the President was about ethics, lack thereof and penchant for denying, lying and distracting away from the real issue. I agree robbery has been a societal problem through the ages, but that in know way justifies it. We can do much better (both in raising our youth and electing a president.) I purposefully connected these two things to raise questions about what kind of society we want.
    - Westseattlite October 21, 2018 (4:17 am)
      
      Very good point Curious. We have taught our youth to only follow laws they choose worthy. Example: sanctuary city. Ignore the laws that you consider unfair. Law goes out the window and lawlessness becomes undfined at least and fragrantly ignored if not applauded at worst. If one does not agree with them, ignore them. Great question. Welcome to the new world.
  - Curious October 20, 2018 (2:51 pm)
    
    My point regarding the President was about ethics, lack thereof and penchant for denying, lying and distracting away from the real issues. I agree robbery has been a societal problem through the ages, but that in know way justifies it. We can do much better (both in raising our youth and electing a president.) I purposefully connected these two things to raise questions about what kind of society we want.
56bricks October 20, 2018 (8:14 am)

That’s what Hillary calls for.

Westside Guy October 19, 2018 (11:43 pm)

I’m pretty sure all three juveniles will just get a slap on the wrist and be on the streets again in no time. Pretty sad justice system

anonyme October 20, 2018 (6:56 am)

More than uncivil, I’d say. I’d call it violent, criminal, and deviant. They stalked and attacked this victim like predators. Are they young enough to be rehabilitated? Hard to say. We don’t really have a mechanism to deal with this type of offender.

Julia October 20, 2018 (8:44 am)

Oh come on, Curious, thugs have been stealing from innocent people since the beginning of time. Before cell phones it was Walkmans and before that it was lunch money.

newnative October 20, 2018 (10:36 am)

I sure hope he goes to the doctor soon. Something tells me he was afraid of going to the hospital because of insurance reasons.

HS October 20, 2018 (11:08 am)

Horrible. An incredibly violent robbery.

Wsprayers October 20, 2018 (5:11 pm)

It is an incredibly horrific violent crime-luckily they used their fists and didn’t bring out guns-the question still remains what do we as a society and community do? To prevent this? It does start in our homes-the younger the better-discipline and instilling values and morales. Here is a link to how Iceland got teenage drug use down significantly https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/in-iceland-stakeholders-keep-ears-close-to-ground
It would be awesome to implements these strategies in America-ans as far as where were the parents? Well….who are we to judge? We don’t know the fact maybe a kids parents are absent due to drug use, death, incarceration, maybe they are present and their kids are deceiving them lying to them and they might not have idea what they are doing and if they know it’s what do they do with these kids? I’m a low income single parent of a rebellious teenager -if I found out my kid was doing something like this I’d be horribly embarrassed angry and literally would not know what to do

George October 21, 2018 (9:33 am)

“ So he ran north and wound up in the yard of a nearby house. Witnesses told police they saw the victim being beaten and kicked in the yard.”

Witnesses saw the beating and did not intervene/say anything ?

WSB October 21, 2018 (10:34 am)

I believe the witnesses were among those who called police. Somebody did, as the victim was certainly unable to do that without his phone.

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