Seattle has seen its fair share of crime busts, but none so juxtaposing as the recent arrest of teenagers with a trove of weapons – and an unlikely companion, a high school geometry book. Last Monday, officers responded to reports of armed individuals near a suspicious Chevrolet Malibu, a vehicle previously linked to a September 20 shooting, detailed in a news release from the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
The adolescents were apprehended in the Seward Park neighborhood, the car having rolled into a police cruiser in their escape attempt. Four suspects, two 16-year-old boys and two girls, one 16 and another 17, were captured while two others remain at large. In the aftermath, officials uncovered a startling array of firearms which included a submachine gun, handguns with extended magazines and auto switches – and alongside these, innocuous items like a geometry textbook and an ID card were found, myNorthwest.com reports.
The SPD, investing further into the case, managed to secure a warrant to search the Malibu. What they found could be described as an arsenal: multiple guns with extended mags and auto switches, a backpack with a ski mask, and an ammunition crate filled with rifle bullets, relays FOX 13 Seattle. These items paint a startling picture of the potential violence that was averted, given especially the residential nature of Seward Park Avenue South where the teens were spotted…