Ahmed Mohamed: Wanted In Hate Crime |
WEST SEATTLE—
One of the men charged in the brutal beating of a West Seattle teen has been arrested. Jonathan Baquiring, 21, was arrested Tuesday evening. An arrest warrrant is still out for Ahmed Mohamed, 23.Both are charged with malicious harassment, a hate crime.
It was a crime that stunned a Seattle community, a teenager savagely beaten and burned for hours because the color of his skin. Now, arrest warrants have been issued for the men accused of the heinous attack.
For the first time in months there's some relief on Tim McClellan's face.
"Hopefully, it's just a matter of time until they get picked up. It's been a while, it's been real aggravating," said McClellan.
It was the end of May when two men assaulted his son Shane. They whipped him with his belt, burned him with a lit cigarette, urinated on him and threatened to cut his throat if he screamed.
Police say Shane was attacked for several hours on a dead end street in the 7700 block of 14th Avenue Southwest. It's a place that brings back bad memories, so much so that Tim has never been here.
"Every time I drive by the place I look up there, but, I haven't been physically able to walk up the stairs to the actual spot where it happened," said McClellan.
Then, just two weeks ago blood evidence collected from two men spotted in the area that night connected them to Shane's attack.
"I'm very happy that DNA came back and they got the results they know who it is positively and hopefully they'll be off the street very soon," said McClellan.
Court documents show why, revealing that during the attack the men shouted at Shane, "The white man has kept us down," and "This is for enslaving our people."
Police are tracking down leads on the two suspects for Tim McClellan and his family it can't happen soon enough.
"Once these guys are off the street, then we can start to have some closure and put it behind us," said McClellan.
Both Baquiring and Ahmed Mohamed's bond has been set at $500,000.
