Teen chaos follows
after-school gunfire
bbDbKAL WAY, Wash. — Two
high schools in a south Seattle sub
urb were closed after a 16-year-old
boy was wounded Monday in an af
ter-school shooting that apparently
involved a simmering conflict be
tween two groups of teens, authori
ties said.
The shooting occurred near Fed
eral Way High School. That school
and Thomas Jefferson High School
were ordered to be closed Tuesday,
said Tom Murphy, Federal Way
schools superintendent.
In Monday’s incident, a white
Ford Mustang deliberately rear-end
ed one of two cars of teens going to
play basketball, Federal Way police
spokesman Brett Hatfield said. The
Mustang occupants fired as many as
four shots, wounding a teen who
had been in the rear-ended car.
That youth, who was not identi
fied, was hit in the right ankle. He
was listed in satisfactory condition
at Harborview Medical Center in
Seattle,
Police were looking for two sus
pects in the Mustang, which fled the
scene. Hatfield said police had
“some pretty strong leads.”
Police said the shooting sprang
from “an ongoing conflict between
two groups.”
A dispute at a prep basketball
game last Friday night had appar
ently raised tensions at the schools,
Murphy said. Police did not specify
the nature of the conflict they be
lieved led to the shooting.
The shooting happened at about
2:30 p.m. about two blocks from
Federal Way High.
The first police officer on the
scene, a Federal Way police school
resource, officer who heard the
shots, reported finding 30-50 stu
dents fighting in the street. Several
students rushed up to him, de
manding police action. The officer
pepper-sprayed several students be
cause he felt threatened, Hatfield
said. The officer was not immedi
ately identified.
Although students who ride the
bus had already left for the day, po
lice asked the schools to keep other
students locked inside. They were
later released about 3 p.m., schools
spokeswoman Diane Turner said.
Superintendent Murphy said
school officials and police would
meet Tuesday and decide whether
it was safe to reopen the schools
Wednesday.
Counseling was to be available
Tuesday — off campus — for stu
dents and parents who wished it,
Murphy said.
The Associated Press
Second student found
after kayaking mishap
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A
body found near Lummi Island is
that of a second University of
Washington student who died on a
kayaking trip, the Whatcom Coun
ty medical examiner’s office said
Monday.
The body, found Sunday by a
pleasure boater, was identified as
that of Grant Tyler, 22, of Billings,
Mont. The medical examiner’s of
fice said he had drowned.
The Coast Guard, the Navy, the
San Juan County Sheriff’s Office
and the Canadian Coast Guard have
been searching for Tyler since the
body of his kayaking companion,
Stephen Buergey, 20, was found
Saturday by a boater near James Is
land, on the southeast side of the
San Juan Island chain. The search
for the pair began Friday morning,
after a waterproof bag containing
their identification washed ashore.
The men, described as experi
enced kayakers, left Lummi Island
northeast of the San Juans in a two
person kayak on Wednesday. They
planned to visit Patos Island before
returning to Lummi on Saturday.
Fifteen-knot winds and 2- to 4
foot seas were reported in the area
Friday night.
“Those weather conditions were
relatively mild,” said Petty Officer
2nd Class Tiffany Powell. “Any
thing could have happened.”
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