Posted on 07/28/2026 9:57:40 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
SEATTLE — A judge ordered a 15-year-old held in juvenile detention Monday in connection with a gunfight at a crowded Seattle food festival that killed three people and injured at least four others.
Prosecutors said the gunfight involved the 15-year-old, a 19-year-old man who died at the scene and possibly a third person.
The 15-year-old is being held on suspicion of three counts of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He had not been involved in a criminal case before in the county, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson Casey McNerthney said.
“At this point, we believe this could be gang-related. There were two groups firing,” said Nicole Powell, the assistant chief of investigations for the Seattle Police Department.
“Police continue to look for a third possible suspect,” Wilson said.
The King County medical examiner released the names of the dead Monday afternoon.
Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to a release from the medical examiner. Ashley Whitehead, 56, died of a gunshot wound to the pelvis. Carlos Israel Sanchez Villalba, 44, died of a gunshot wound to the torso.
Officers found three victims in the direction the 15-year-old is alleged to have fired, including a 2-year-old and a person pushing a bicycle, according to court documents. The toddler, a boy, was “in satisfactory condition” and was discharged from Harborview Medical Center, spokeswoman Susan Gregg said Monday.
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Yeah I saw video of the perp yesterday, a fat hispanic kid from what it looked like from behind
I expect at some point that the “Harborview Medical Center” they mention in the article will be renamed “Homelessview Medical Center”.
To: T.B. Yoits
Junior Cee Niko Semo, 19, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to a release from the medical examiner.
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Grok says this name Junior Cee Niko Semo is highly indicative of Ethiopian origins. IOW another useless foreign import...prolly 2nd gen born here.
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AKA: “the 15 year old Seattle youth”
15yrs old and can’t be fixed.
Prison and lethal injection is his lifelong fate.
Dispute over girl or gang turf or both.
Like a beautiful child, growing up, growing wild...
Other counties, sure. But not that one.
Here this past weekend a guy shot at police officers responding to disturbancethey had to go get him after he fled the scene...he is now out on $2500 bail...$250. Yeah, Oregon.
Sounds like a hit.
Found a kid willing to jump in the hard way.
I think he's maybe Samoan?
He is 15. The sixth-grade photo will be taken with the rest of his sixth-grade class next year.
Sub Saharan Nubians again. Tired of this yet?
Yes, and the food festival site that was shut down for the investigation was looted over night.
Nooooo...
Who would have left their churro maker behind?
Of course it was. KOMO story
"Never let a crisis go to waste." Rahm Emanuel
“three counts of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm”
That’s it? No murder and attempted murder charges?
For now. They need to find evidence of planning to make it murder or attempted murder.
This Taste of Seattle food festival turned into Taste Lead in Seattle.
The “Old West” was not anywhere near as violent as our big cities are today. Nowhere near. Thank LBJ and his Great Society welfare programs for destroying lives.
Try him as an adult
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