Simpler is better.
Anyone who survives and is stupid enough to keep coming can be taken care of by rifle fire.
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:
Simpler is better.
Anyone who survives and is stupid enough to keep coming can be taken care of by rifle fire.
Hemorrhaging would have been a better term.
Never ever visit Seattle. Never - Chicago west.
Master Blaster
Turn of the century Seattle was a beautiful place. Belltown had some fantastic bar hopping, but I sure wouldn’t be there after dark these days. So glad I got out when I did.
But then, even if I thought it was the world's most bitchin sideshow ever I still I still would have headed the other way pronto.
That sounds racist. What's wrong with Black Phosphorus?
Fourth: Memphis
you forgot the “alleged”.
no description = black in 2026 America
No wonder Katie Wilson turned off the Pike Place cameras. She wanted the thugs to operate freely stealing everything that isn’t strapped down.
Oddly enough, Seattle was one of the most popular destinations for Labor Day. A liberal friend of mine went there. It will be interesting to get her take on this. Will it be Trump’s fault or global warming? White supremacy or ICE. Or something else.
Street Takeover = Circle Jerking For Idiots
Because their to stupid to do anything of worth.
Better yet, put a wall around it and fill it with water.
It’s the joos that causes their problems /sarc
I am glad to live in the FRee state of Florida, also!
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