Suspect name released in Lakota Middle School shooting

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The Federal Way Police Department has identified 17 yr old Luis F Cosgaya-Alvarez of Kent, Washington, AKA: Youngster or Jr. as the person suspected of shooting the victim in this case. Cosgaya-Alvarez is to be considered armed and dangerous.

Suspect name released in Lakota Middle School shooting

Monday, August 18, 2008

On August 14, at approximately 8:21 p.m., officers were dispatched to a shooting at Lakota Middle School, located at 1415 SW 314 Street in Federal Way.

When officers arrived a 26 year old Hispanic male victim was located and determined to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

The preliminary information indicates that a black SUV type vehicle occupied by several Hispanic males entered the parking lot and fired shots, striking the victim.

The vehicle fled the scene.

The association between the suspect and victim is still not known, we believe this was not a random incident and there was no intention to harm others located at the scene.

At the time of the incident middle school football practice had just concluded and there were approximately 15-20 witnesses to this crime.

Federal Way Patrol Officers immediately established a perimeter of the area and identified potential witnesses. Detectives are currently interviewing witnesses at the scene and at Federal Way Police Department.

The Federal Way Police Department has identified the person suspected of shooting the victim in this case.

17 yr old Luis F Cosgaya-Alvarez of Kent, Washington, AKA: Youngster or Jr.

Federal Way Police said Cosgaya-Alvarez is to be considered armed and dangerous. A felony warrant has been entered in connection to this homicide.

The Federal Way Police Department requests the assistance of the public to locate this dangerous suspect. Please call 911 if you have any information, or contact Federal Way Police Detective Brigit Clary at 253.835.6835.

The suspect has several identifiable tattoos located on both forearms "Districto/Federal" and back "Playboys".

The Federal Way Police Department is committed to bringing this individual to justice for this serious crime; the investigation is on-going.

The King County Medical Examiners Office is expected to release the name of the victim following determination of cause of death.

There is no further information pertaining to this incident at this time.

Please share your point of view on this story. Comments posted with First and Last names will be considered for publication in the print edition. You may request that your name not be published. You may also send your comment directly to the editor at fwnews@robinsonnews.com.

Ri wrote on Dec 16, 2008 7:35 PM:

" that was a scary moment i was there at the shooting and it was very shocking and sad "

Samantha Kim wrote on Sep 25, 2008 7:59 PM:

" I go to this school.
Apperantly it didnt make much of a fuss,
but did the boy get arrested? "

Alex wrote on Aug 23, 2008 12:46 AM:

" Wow. I go to lakota, and this sure makes me want to go back to school. "

annonymous wrote on Aug 18, 2008 2:00 PM:

" I am a parent that witnessed the incident that occured. For anyone to say that intentions to harm others was not there is seriously not looking at the big picture here. How do you fire a shot in a parking lot where kids and parents are walking and driving and say there was no intention to harm anyone other then a certain person? I do not know the victim or his family but hearing the account of what happened as well as being there, I did not see the car circle and look for someone! I saw them there and LEAVING while the poor gentleman shot was coming to pick someone up. Again, I do not know either so maybe they knew each other but it did not seem to be that way. I am extremely irritated at anyone saying that it is NOT random. I think any violence that occurs at a venue that is there to keep kids out of trouble is RANDOM whether they knew each other or not. My kids were walking towards the scene about 100 feet away, what if he had missed and that bullet would have been flying in a parking lot with all those people? And as far as people attacking the lack of security from the organization, well I have been a proud hawks parent for 5 years and 2 kids and there was no way they could have forseen nor known that something could happen like that. How can anyone protect against the reckless and dangerous lifestyle of some people? How can anyone at all have prevented that? The answer is you can't and I do not hold them responsible in any way. "

Pedro wrote on Aug 17, 2008 8:09 PM:

" Let me thank all of you that care so much. He is a good man to step up to the plate and yes, he did not so good things in the past, but he stepped out of that life and into a loving one and a good one at that. Me being his big brother looked up to my little brother. WE LOVE YOU MAN.... I will always have a drink with you and to all of you that took the time to write. Thank you. "

sam wrote on Aug 17, 2008 1:35 PM:

" It makes me sick that we can't feel safe for our children anymore. We try to keep them in sports to keep them busy so they cant join these gangs and no matter what we do, they are still putting our children and families in harms way...grow up and get a life..I am a friend of this guy's family, and it makes my sick that his son and my nephew had to witness this tragedy..try to get an education instead of being gangbagers.. and killing innocent people..This makes me sick..They need to fry this piece of ****...and lock all these gangbangers away and trow away the key..They are like roaches in our neiborhoods... "

PRIMO wrote on Aug 16, 2008 10:18 PM:

" ***** THAT SCRAP THAT SHOT MY PRIMOS THAT PUTO IS A PUNK AND COULDNT GET OFF AND GET THE ONES ***** THAT PUNK AND HIS SORRY LAME AS CREW THE PLAYBOYS ******* LEVAS "