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1 BACK-UP OFFICERS(S): (NAMES, SERIAL #rs, AND ROLES IN INCIDENT)


[7723-CAREY
8475-SULL]VAN
1288_DICKSON
8 52 7 -ARINO
5445-SGT TRAVER
84 37 _MONREAL
B42O_BURK
7719-MALONEI

2 CHARGES: [Booked YSC


CHARGE DESCRIPTION:
[]NVESTIGATION OF HARASSMENT - RCW 9A.46.020
3 ARREST SCREENED BY: (SUPERVISORIS NAME AND SERIAL)
ISGT TRAVER ]

4 PHOTO (S) TAKtrN? tYl


IF SO, [X ]UPLOADED TO DEMS, OR [ ] ICV USED

5 RECORDED STATEMENT (S) TAKEN? IY]


IF SO, [X ]UPLOADED TO DEMS, OR [ ] ICV USED

6 VIDEO:

A. DIGITAL IN_CAR VIDEO (S) UPLOADED? tYl

IF NO, PROVIDE RtrASON:


tN/A

RECORDTNG OFFTCER(S) NAME (S) , SERIAL #' (S)


[7723-CAREY
B 75_SULLIVAN
4
72BB-D]CKSON
B 52 7 -ARTNO
5445-SGT TRAVER
8437-MONREAL
8420-BURK

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7719-MALONEI

B . BODY-VilORN VrDEO (S ) UPLOADED? tYl

IE NO, PROVIDE REASON


lN/A

RECORDING OFFICER(S) NAME (S) , SERIAL #' (S)


[7723-CAREY
B47 5-SULLIVAN
72 8B-D]CKSON
B 52 7 -ARINO

5445-SGT TRAVER
8437-MONREAL
8420-BURK
7719-MALONEI

7 DNA / F.'oRTNSIC EV]DENCE SUBMITTED? IN

B FINGERPR]NTS:
FINGERPRINTS SEARCH MADE? tNl
FINGERPR]NT EVIDENCE OR CARDS SUBMITTED? [N]
ANALYSTS REQUEST SUBMITTED? tNl
COMPAR]SON REQUEST SUBMITTED? [N]
9 FELONY ALERT PACKET SUBMITTED? [Y ]
OFFICER SUBMITTING: [8437-MONREAL
FOLLOW-UP UNIT DESTINATION: IHOM]CIDE, INTEL

10 USE OF FORCE REPORT SUBMITTED? tN]


USE OF FORCE SCREENED BY (SUPERVISOR'S NAME AND SERIAL) :
tN/A l

11 LIST ALL HARDCOPY PAPERWORK SUBMITTED:


t IARREST REFERRAL TRACKING SHEET (Crisis Solution Center)
t ] CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNING 5 .34.I
I ] DUI PACKET
t ] DV SUPPLtrMtrNTALS
t I IDENTITY and MAIL THEFT (Photocopy of Recovered ID or Mail)
t ] INVENTORY.SEARCH FORM
t ]MENTAL HEALTH CONTACT REPORT
t ] PARK EXCLUSION
t ] TOW IMPOUND RECORD
t ]VEHICLE REPORT
t IWRITTEN STATEMENTS (Required on Felony Arr, Juvenife Crime, DV Incident)

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[ ]OTHER (Describe in Box Bel-ow)

tN/A

12 VICTIM(S) INJURIES: SFD Responded? tNl


tN/A

13 INCIDENTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE: (DESCRIPTION AND VALUE)


IN/A

14 VEHICLE ]MPOUNDED? tNl


STORAGE LOCATION: IN/A

15 INITIAL INC]DENT DESCRIPT]ON / NARRATIVE:


[]CV and BWV used. I have paraphrased conversations and do not include an exact
sequencing of events. For exact quotes or exact sequencing of events, refer to
BWV and ICV recording.

On 02/16/2018, at approximately 1512 hours, while working uniformed patrol in a


fully marked Seattfe Police vehicle as unit 2-GEORGE-2, I was dispatched to
Garfield High School focated at 400 23 Av, to investigate threat.s that were
made from a student to shoot students. MDT call notes read as fol-l-ows: "2ND
HAND FROM ANOTHER STUDENT, SUSP TOLD SUBJ HE PLANS TO PULL THE FIRE ALARM AND
SHOOT AND SHOOT STUDENTS, OCCURRED 2 WEEKS AGO, SUSP POSTED DISTURBING POST ON
FACEBOOK TODAY, COMPL REQ OFFICERS CHECK SUSPS ADDRESS/SUSP DIDNT ATTEND SCHOOL
I\JI'AI

I arrived at the dispatched address where officers and I contacted Garfield


High School staff. We were escorted to a conference room, where VICTIM/
: and
uv'rE!nrr!nr!r, w=ru JUaLUu. r waD rr'ru rmed by who dL
-*-
thetimewaSWorkingforGarfiefdHighSchoo1,th-t#hadreported.
another student had made threats to shoot students.
-=,il!||f,;

r contacteo ffttwiro informed me that ARRESTED/.ffif,ffiffi had made


threats to shoot students at Garfield High School.{ffi stated he was unsure
of the exact date the statements were made,' howeverT ilffi informed me it
occurredapproximatelyonemonthtothreeweeksaso.mstated'onthe
fifthperiod,duringstatisticsclass'ffilasviewj.nqgraphicandviolent
videos about people dying on his cellphone from Reddit.com. Nnm showed the
videostosevera].classmates,includinsffim.ffistateddhfound.
thevideostobeamusingandfun.ffistatedhefe]tuncomfortab1ewatching
thevideos,andconfronted!ffiaIoutrt.mstatedheto]-d*to
stop watchingr the videos. ffibecame upset, and conf ronted {mtp. The
situationesca1ated.,ffiinformedmeat'thistim.,fnnneg];'Lomake

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statements about shooting the school.dffi stated he would pull the school's
fire alarm, and wait for the studenLs to exit the buildinq; once the students
made their way out to the field behind the school, he would begin shooting
students

tm stated attempted to down play the statements, by saying he was


simply joking. informedffi, tfre statements made were not funny, and
he was afraid. stated other sLudent who witnessed this, al-so believed
ffis threats . Because ffi confront:d ffiFffi informed rc he
would be at the top of the kill list. ffm stated-;';t the time r tooti it
lightly, but dee p down I was very scared".
rilHt inf ormed me, after made these slatements, he approached his
teacher,ffi, fltffi. an formedlffiof the statements made nv Cffi
and that he feared would fo llow through with his threats. ffi stated
fftnervousfy laughed, and disregarded the information that was given to her
No documentati-on of this incident was reported by {X. Aside f rom informing
trb ffi[ did not report this to any other Garf ield High Schoo]- staf f .
{ffik later advised several students and hlm, to add him on
statedffi
Snapchat. ffi's reason for this/ was to warn them before he followed through
with his plan to shoot the school-.
ffistatedheandotherstudentsaddedqffi;onSnapchat.ffiinformed
*eJIfffi posted several t.hings on Snapchat which he consid.ered odd. However,
on 02/76/2018,ittm posted an image of a revolver with a student's face
comj-ng out of the barrel-. The Snapchat post stated something in the lines of,
screenshot if you think there should be more guns. ffiS stat.ed that he
screenshot the post because he feared what could happen if he did not. GflHF
stated he feared ilffiwoufd. become suspicious if he did not screenshot the
post.

ffi immediately reported the screenshot to schoof staff, once he saved it


on his cellphone. r observed the screenshot on ffis cellphone. r
photographed the cellphone and upJ-oaded the photograph to DEMS. ,ilffi*
submitted a wri-tten statement to Garfield school staff.

ffi informed me, that even though they were not close friends, he and
ffi interacted during fifth period. Both sat. close to each other near the
back of the classroom. However, m informed me that after he confronted
ll*eoaroancr tne t hreats made, ffi began to tm less and fess.
*,
"".
*,eoarr to sar rre ar the front of the classroom, then slowly began to miss
crasses. l|h iroLrc e was not around as much as befor.. ilt}
stated he did not see at school today, but a friend of his did

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tfml's friend, lf,lff approached {ill;f} and stated. "bro, r think he just
shapped", referrinq to ffi.
Iaskedffifhewould.bewil1ingtoprovid.eavoluntaryreCorded
st.atement, regarding the threats made nv flH; ffi agreed. The statement
was recorded with BWV and using digital recorded, whj-ch was uploaded t.o DEMS.

During the recorded. statement, m stated he has known.ffm since the


sixth grade, but has not had a cfass with him until- now. {nnffiinformed me
theon1ycIasstheyhavetogetherisfifthperiodffistatedthetimeshe
has interacted with .ililF, he has never observed any type of violent behavior.
ffimstated,ffihasadarkhumorbutismost1yregardingpo1it.ics.
ilffi describea qffias opinionated, also being quiet, but not someone that
usually keeps to himself . ffi stated ffirras friends and is heavily
involved with the Mount Baker rowing crew.
Atonepointdfrringtherecordedinterview,Iobservedmtearup,infear
of what {ffi* was capabte of doing.

I then interviewed ffi who at t.he time was working as a school counselor.
*.informed'me she has been counselinqfffnh for several years, because he
has been having a difficult Lime at home and school. Refer to SPD case
#I7-I4390I for previous domestic violence incident. ffi began to have
difficulty focusing at school, his school grades deteri-orated, he was unable to
engage in cl-asses. ffi advised ilillf Lo seek professional counseling, but
she is unaware if mdid receive counseling. ffi describedffiff." "a
nice kid that is just suffering"
Whi]e I intervj-er.d ffi we were informed by vice principartff that m
submitted a fetter of resignation. ffi stated the letter was submitted on
02/76/2018, whlch coor il oy surprfse.
Sgt. Traver who was on scene, screened this incident with Sgt. Worstman in
Homicide and Lt. Ballingham in Intel

Once the investigation was complet.ed at Garfield High Schoof, officers and I
contactedmilFat his residence answered the door and appeared to be
surprised to see officers at his door. identified himself, by name.
was placed under arrest, at this time, he apologized for having made
threatening comments to his cfassmates. fm stated he was not serious about
the threats made.
En route to East Precinct, ffilt[ was advised" Miranda Rights along with
Juvenife Warnings, from department issued Miranda card.

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ffis father requested officers not question his son. Officers asked no more
questions regarding the incident.

ffiwasbooked'i.ntoYSCforInvestigationofHarassment-RCWgA.46.O2o.
Sgt. Traver screened the arrest at the scene. Sgt. Traver remained on scene and
contactedffi's mother. Offlcers informed ffiIf s mother,ffi would be
booked into YSC, and gave her the phone number for ySC.l
Author:ARINO, DAVID
Related dat.e:Feb-16-2018 (Fri., 2O4O

I hereby declare (cert-ify) under penalty of perjury under the faws of the
'State of Washington that this report is true and correct to the best of
my knowledge and belief (RCW 9A.12.085)

Electronj-cal-1y siqned :
ARINO, DAVID Date: I'eb-16-2018 Pl-ace: Seattle, WA

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