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15-year-old shot into Seattle food festival crowd during deadly gunfight, prosecutors allege
NBC News ^ | 7/27/2026 | Evan Bush and Alicia Victoria Lozano

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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KEYWORDS: banglist; festival; food; seattle; shooting

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1 posted on 07/28/2026 9:57:40 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: 21twelve; 55Ford; albie; Albion Wilde; alexander_busek; Allegra; AndyJackson; Ann Archy; ...

Just an update to the Seattle food festival shooting, that the police arrested a 15-year old as one of the shooters.


2 posted on 07/28/2026 9:58:51 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Hang the little bastard.

After a fair trial, of course.

L


3 posted on 07/28/2026 9:59:40 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. LOL l)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Why is he being held on “assault” charges if he actually murdered those three people?


4 posted on 07/28/2026 9:59:51 AM PDT by Joann37 (This )
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To: T.B. Yoits

Sounds like Seattle has gone full “Old West” again. Lots of horsesh*t and gunsmoke.


5 posted on 07/28/2026 10:02:19 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The crap going on in America ISN'T immigration. It's friggin' colonization. America is falling.)
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To: Joann37

EVERYTHING is plead down in BLUE states. In NYS for example, assault is now “harassment” Grand theft auto is “unauthorized use of a vehicle”
Everyone gets an “appearance ticket” which they don’t show up for and a bench warrant gets issued no matter how heinous the crime.


6 posted on 07/28/2026 10:02:44 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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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.


7 posted on 07/28/2026 10:05:22 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Did you say “Yutes”? 😉


8 posted on 07/28/2026 10:05:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Simply unbelievable. So the bodies of those three people will be sent to mortuaries because they were “assaulted”!


9 posted on 07/28/2026 10:06:12 AM PDT by Joann37 (This )
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To: T.B. Yoits

No need to guess the demographic of the perp. He will be quietly released in woke seattle to re-offend as a result of his lack of impulse control and inability to think more than 10 seconds into the future about potential consequences. All in the name of “equity”.


10 posted on 07/28/2026 10:07:26 AM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: Joann37
Why is he being held on “assault” charges if he actually murdered those three people?

They likely don't yet have all the facts to charge him with murder versus manslaughter.

11 posted on 07/28/2026 10:08:36 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

He’ll be out...


12 posted on 07/28/2026 10:10:14 AM PDT by cherry
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“He had not been involved in a criminal case before in the county...”

That the little prick got caught for.


13 posted on 07/28/2026 10:17:03 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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Yogi?


14 posted on 07/28/2026 10:17:05 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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He just had a bad day; where is his 6th grade class photo?


15 posted on 07/28/2026 10:20:33 AM PDT by 55Ford (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.Xy4oYwb)
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To: T.B. Yoits

“The 15 year old”

Minors now have anonymity when committing crime, everything, up to and including murder. They know this.

Clown World


16 posted on 07/28/2026 10:28:37 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: dennisw

“Grok says this name Junior Cee Niko Semo is highly indicative of Ethiopian origins..”

Not a home grown Dexter or Tyrone?


17 posted on 07/28/2026 10:29:10 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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Yep. You’re not even allowed to know the name. Juvenile courts. Laughable. The gangs cultivate soldiers to do the violent stuff. All are 13 to 17. The media runs interference for them because they are victims of inequities and don’t know any better. It’s sick. The same model as the child soldiers of African countries that the UN demanded to be stopped. Now that it’s a Marxist lefty tool inside our shores, it’s perfectly OK.


18 posted on 07/28/2026 10:30:12 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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He had not been involved in a criminal case before in the county...

That does not say that he has no record.

19 posted on 07/28/2026 10:31:20 AM PDT by MortMan (Time is everyone's enemy and nobody's friend.)
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To: MortMan

Yeah, he might have been involved in all kinds of stuff in other counties.


20 posted on 07/28/2026 10:32:32 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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