NewzSeattle Police Chief Shon Barnes said detectives recovered a privately made 9 mm "ghost gun" with an extended magazine and later found a Glock pistol. The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine. SEATTLE (AP) — The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle’s Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday.Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80 — a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts.Investigators also recovered two other weapons and 14 shell casings that had been fired by weapons of two different calibers, he said.The festival shooting killed 3 people and injured 4, including a toddlerThe shooting in the waning hours of the three-day Bite of Seattle festival left three people dead, including a 19-year-old gunman, and at least four people injured, including a toddler.
Authorities say they believe the violence was gang-related, and they are reviewing any available surveillance video and interviewing victims and witnesses in an effort to identify others who may have been involved.An eighth person with a possible gunshot wound checked themself into a Seattle hospital after the shooting, but checked out before investigators could conduct an interview, Barnes said. Legal obstacles have prevented detectives from obtaining the patient’s identity, he added. It's unclear if the injury was related to the festival shooting or whether the person might have been involved in it, but Barnes asked for the person to come forward and speak with investigators.Ghost guns lack serial numbers law enforcement can use to trace themGhost guns are privately made — often homemade — firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them.
They have often been purchased without a background check. Law enforcement officials say ghost guns, including those made with 3D printers, have been used in violent crimes across the U.S.Lawsuits and state-level bans eventually pushed Polymer80 out of business in 2024, and last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a rule adopted under former President Joe Biden requiring companies to treat gun kits like other firearms by adding serial numbers, running background checks, and verifying that buyers are 21 or older.The weapon the 15-year-old had been shooting when he surrendered to police was equipped with an extended 33-round magazine, Barnes said.
The magazine still had 19 rounds in it.At the scene Sunday night, police also recovered a 9 mm handgun that they do not believe… Three people died, including one of the suspects, and at least five more were wounded, including two-year-old boySeattle police recovered a modified machine gun and an untraceable “ghost gun” from the scene of a mass shooting at a food festival this weekend that left three people dead – including one of the suspects – and at least five more wounded, the police chief, Shon Barnes, said on Tuesday.Sunday’s shooting appeared to involve at least three suspects, Barnes said at a televised news conference. One of those three, 19-year-old Junior Cee Niko Semo, died at the scene.
A second, 15-year-old suspect was disarmed and arrested at the scene. At least one more suspect remains at large, Barnes said. Police Chief Shon Barnes told a news conference Tuesday that the weapon was a 9 mm gun from Polymer80 — a now-defunct company that was once a leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts.
The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday.
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