A 15-year-old was arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend. The teen was armed with a semi-automatic rifle with an extended magazine, police said.
Investigation Ongoing
Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80, a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of semi-automatic rifle parts. Investigators also recovered two other weapons and 14 shell casings that had been fired by weapons of two different calibers.
The festival shooting killed three people and injured four, including a toddler. Authorities say they believe the violence was gang-related, and they are reviewing any available surveillance video and interviewing victims and witnesses in an effort to identify others who may have been involved.
Victims Identified
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the dead as Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44; Ashley Whitehead, 56; and Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19. Villalba was a husband and father of three known for his kindness and willingness to help others.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
