Safe Streets wants parents to know the warning signs that their children are involved in gang activity after a resurgent in youth gang violence in recent months.

The Tacoma-based nonprofit community organization is in the midst of developed an action plan that will spell out what parents and other adults can do to help counter the continuing gang problem.

In the meantime, Safe Streets’ gang prevention specialists have compiled a list of warning signs that might indicate a child is involved in a gang.

Here’s what parents should be on the lookout for:

· Your

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As you might already know by now, Tukwila police have publicly identified the man suspected of shooting two teens – one fatally – Saturday afternoon at the Westfield Southcenter Mall.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Barry L. Saunders (pictured here). He is 21, 5 feet 6 with black hair and brown eyes. He’s the only wanted person in the homicide investigation, police reported.

He has no known ties to Tacoma or Pierce County, a local law enforcement official said.

Officers have warned that Saunders

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Keithley Middle School in Parkland was locked down for an hour this morning after a student reported seeing another student with a BB-gun type of pistol, Franklin Pierce School District officials said.

Authorities searched the school but couldn’t find a student with a BB gun, district spokesman Willie Painter said.

The student reported seeing a boy brandishing a BB pistol in a school bathroom this morning, precipitating the 10:30 a.m. "modified" lockdown, Painter said.

A modified lockdown means the school’s exterior doors are locked so that no one can enter or leave the building, but classes go

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Lakewood police have released descriptions of two men and surveillance images from a takeover-style robbery earlier this month at Oh! Gallagher’s Sports Pub.

Two men wearing ski masks walked into the bar at 7304 Lakewood Drive W. about 7:15 p.m. Nov. 14. One robber ordered the patrons to a wall, where he searched them for their belongings, police reported.

The second gunman pointed his gun at the bartender’s head and ordered her to empty the cash register.

As the robbers were leaving, another group of patrons entered the bar.

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Tacoma ranks the highest in crime of any city in the Pacific Northwest, according to new statistics from CQ Press.

Tacoma ranks No. 39 for cities with the highest crime rating, with the city’s score at 143.92. If you want to look at it the opposite way, Tacoma is the No. 347 safest city in the nation.

The closest Northwest city is Everett, which comes in at No. 55.

Tacoma fell from No. 33 last year.

The most crime-ridden city in the nation is New Orleans, La., with a crime score of 441.40. The rating

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Tacoma police detectives need the public’s help to identify a man suspected of stabbing a convenience store clerk last month.

They also are looking for identify an associate of the attacker.

Investigators released surveillance images of the two men Monday in hopes of learning their identities. Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers also is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and charges filed in the stabbing.

The stabbing occurred about 6 a.m. Nov. 5 at the Chevron Mini-Mart at 72nd Street East and McKinley Avenue.

The

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Three good Samaritans caught a suspected purse thief Sunday afternoon in a Puyallup parking lot.

A woman was loading groceries into her car at the Puyallup Top Foods, 201 37th Ave. S.E., just before 3:45 p.m. when a man ran up behind her and snatched her purse from her shopping cart, Puyallup police reported.

As the thief bolted, the victim screamed, “He stole my purse.”

Three men, who didn’t know the woman or each other, ran after the purse snatcher. At some point, the thief dropped the purse but kept running, police reported.

The good Samaritans

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There is not a whole lot of new information this morning on the shooting last night on Pacific Avenue in Tacoma.

It appears the shooting followed a confrontation in which derogatory remarks were made between two groups, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

The victim, a 16-year-old, was shot in the leg. He was taken to a local hospital and had to undergo surgery.

Those involved in the shooting appear to be in their mid to late teens, Fulghum said.

This incident capped a violent weekend in the Puget Sound region. Most of the

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