For at least the second time in a month, a teen's birthday has ended in gunfire.

Around 1:00 am on Sunday, Police received reports of gunfire at 24th and Cherry near the Garfield Community Center.

According to Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt, witnesses at the scene told officers a fight at a Quinceanera—a Latin American celebration of a girl's 15th birthday—inside the community center spilled out into the street.

One of men involved in the fight got a gun and fired four shots, apparently hitting another man in the leg.

The suspect, and several other men, fled the scene, and police stopped and detained five people. It's not clear whether anyone was arrested.

Police officers and gang detectives searched the scene of the shooting and found at least one shell casing.

However, officers were not immediately able to locate a victim.

Last month, police sources say a dispute between rival gang members led to a fatal shooting outside of another quinceanera held at a city-owned facility... (more)

Here's a short, cheery report for the holiday.

A man pushing his daughter in a stroller was robbed in Greenwood around N 85th and Palatine, according to the police report. He had just taken money out of an ATM around 2:40 p.m. when a man came up behind him and his daughter and said, "Give me all your money and I won't hurt you."

The victim gave the man $540, and the suspect fled. Neither the man now his daughter were harmed. However, the robber's honor and karma were severely damaged.

From SPD:

On 9/6/10, at approximately 8:58 a.m., a man called 911 to report that his wife was walking on the beach when she came across a dead body.  The woman was walking along a remote beach area approximately 1 mile north of Carkeek Park, near the train tracks.

The body is that of a male in his 40′s. Officers and Burlington Northern Staff are on scene. At this point this is a death investigation. If more information is provided, I will update this posting.