Posted on 09/14/2026 1:21:14 PM PDT by Morgana
A 21-year-old man barely survived after he was shot three times during an encounter with a ‘street takeover’ in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood last weekend.
Matthew Lanske and his friends had just finished dinner in Belltown when they were confronted by a group of armed thugs participating in a ‘street takeover.’
Lanske was shot twice in the stomach and a third time in the pelvis during an attempted robbery as he heroically tried to protect his friend, who tragically died.
After being shot three times, Lanske walked two blocks looking for help. Bystanders filmed him rather than calling 911 for help.
At one point, Lanske went to a 7-Eleven begging for assistance as he bled out, but they locked their doors and refused to help.
Lanske’s mother recounted what her son told her after he woke up in the hospital.
‘Mom, they wouldn’t let me in. They locked the doors. I begged them to let me, and there was so much blood coming out of my stomach, I thought I was going to die,’” Lanske told his mother, according to Fox 13.
Multiple suspects are still on the loose.
Fox 13 Seattle reported:
Lanske’s family said he and friends had just finished dinner when they encountered a street takeover. According to his family, a man and two women attempted to rob one of Lanske’s friends at gunpoint.
Lanske’s sister, Rebecca Garberding, said her brother tried to take the gun from the man.
“My brother tried to take it from him and then ended up getting shot,” Garberding said.
Lanske was shot twice in the stomach, his family said. A third bullet shattered his pelvis and struck a major artery.
His mother, Shanda Barney, said her son was losing a significant amount of blood.
“My son had been shot three times. He was bleeding to death yet somehow, he walked two blocks trying to find somebody to help him,” Barney said.
Lanske eventually sat down and texted 911 and his girlfriend, according to his family. Police found him and he was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
More on this tragic story from KOMO News:
In most parts of OK, the perp(s) would’ve been dead before the second shot could be fired. Maybe even the first shot.
Sad but true.
Agreed.
Words of advice: Do not do this.
"No. Not just no, but fuck no."
That is the correct answer every time. Gentrified means whitey and asians make up 80% of Belltown, oops not enough.
Situational awareness failure. Not rising to blame, but there is a lesson here. Situational. goddamn. awareness.
And a construction worker? You know the game they play, son. A 'takeover' is a game map for a 'beef' fest. Every time.
It sucks that the only record of this crime are hundreds of 4k video recordings, cell phone telemetry data logs, app GPS data, etc....
If we just had Flock cameras in the neighborhood, they could have caught the bad guys.
What Seattle needs is fewer police.
Cluster Munitions followed by White Phosphorus
Someone (preferably a BIPOC) should have sat down with the teens before they gunned the guy down, and tried to reason with them.
Naw...155mm x3 rounds HE, 1 round smoke, 1 round blister, 1 round VX or GB.
Your package is very practical. I was creating Art.
“According to his family, a man and two women attempted to rob one of Lanske’s friends at gunpoint.”
This suggests the perps were of the human species. That would be wrong.
“In my precinct in DC, those bystanders would have picked his pockets.”
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How distant (in DC) was Seth Rich’s murder...?
By order of the police chief, the perps are now called “trigger-pullers”.
Her firm moved a few months later. As they were moving, the thugs came onto her floor and just started stealing copiers, fax machines, furniture, etc.... they were told to just let them take it all. She's carrying out boxes of notes while the thugs are gutting her office. The thugs won.
It seems we’ve become a 3rd world nation.
I think Seth was killed in the district just north of mine.
It was a mile or so away. Back in my day, no White person would dare go there.
7-Eleven customer service for nothing. What would BLM do? Yeah, you know. And appropriately so.
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