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The Morning Blotter: Teens Pull Gun on Cab Driver On First Hill

By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee April 1, 2010

It's way too easy for dumbass kids to get a gun these days. Case in point: a pack of teens rolled up next to a cab driver and pulled a gun him on First Hill last week, apparently just for shits and giggles.


A police report says the cab driver picked up two passengers in the Central District at Jefferson St and Boren Ave shortly before 11:00pm and drove them to Harborview Medical Center. When the cab passed through the intersection at 14th and Jefferson, a silver Pontiac Grand Am with dark tinted windows—occupied by four black teenagers—began tailing the cab.


The Pontiac followed the cab for about five blocks and then pulled up alongside it at Broadway and E Jefferson St. The cab driver then spotted one of the teens in the backseat of the Pontiac point a black handgun at his cab. The Pontiac then turned and drove north on Broadway.


The cab driver dropped off his passengers at Harborview and called police. Officers were unable to locate the Pontiac.

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