Student threatened with weapon at Court 17
Violence against tenant raises safety concerns about those living in student housing.
Marisa Petrich
Issue date: 3/9/10 Section: News
A UW Tacoma student was threatened with a weapon by another tenant in the Court 17 parking garage last month, raising concerns about the security of students living in the student housing program there.
The student, who has chosen not to be named for safety concerns, was returning to her apartment (which is not part of the student housing program) late on Sat., Feb. 6 when the tenant confronted her and her boyfriend about nearly backing into his car a few days before. A gun was clearly visible in the tenant's pants.
"You could totally tell he was intoxicated," the student said, mentioning that she had often seen the tenant with his weapon.
"He's always playing with his gun, all the time," she said.
The tenant referred to the gun as his "license to kill," according to the victim. He made threatening and disrespectful comments, including, "I just want to kill someone." The tenant also repeatedly pointed to the student's apartment while talking to her.
The couple then drove away, but the tenant returned to apologize when they got back early Sunday morning. However, the student was even more unsettled by the fact that the tenant knew exactly where she lived.
"Even then I was scared to go in my apartment," she said. "It's all windows, right by the road."
The student approached Court 17's management on Mon, Feb. 8 to move to a new unit, but did not call the police.
"I was just scared and didn't want to make him angry," she said of her decision.
However, apartment management contacted the Tacoma Police Department and the tenant was arrested and booked for intimidation with a weapon, according to Public Information Officer Mark Fulghum. The tenant did not pull or point the weapon during the dispute, according to the police report.
The report also states that the tenant had accidentally discharged his weapon in the building on a previous occasion, Fulghum said.
The student was then told by apartment management that the tenant would then be evicted in a process that would take somewhere between three and 20 days.
The student, who has chosen not to be named for safety concerns, was returning to her apartment (which is not part of the student housing program) late on Sat., Feb. 6 when the tenant confronted her and her boyfriend about nearly backing into his car a few days before. A gun was clearly visible in the tenant's pants.
"You could totally tell he was intoxicated," the student said, mentioning that she had often seen the tenant with his weapon.
"He's always playing with his gun, all the time," she said.
The tenant referred to the gun as his "license to kill," according to the victim. He made threatening and disrespectful comments, including, "I just want to kill someone." The tenant also repeatedly pointed to the student's apartment while talking to her.
The couple then drove away, but the tenant returned to apologize when they got back early Sunday morning. However, the student was even more unsettled by the fact that the tenant knew exactly where she lived.
"Even then I was scared to go in my apartment," she said. "It's all windows, right by the road."
The student approached Court 17's management on Mon, Feb. 8 to move to a new unit, but did not call the police.
"I was just scared and didn't want to make him angry," she said of her decision.
However, apartment management contacted the Tacoma Police Department and the tenant was arrested and booked for intimidation with a weapon, according to Public Information Officer Mark Fulghum. The tenant did not pull or point the weapon during the dispute, according to the police report.
The report also states that the tenant had accidentally discharged his weapon in the building on a previous occasion, Fulghum said.
The student was then told by apartment management that the tenant would then be evicted in a process that would take somewhere between three and 20 days.
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Carmela Fortin - Alumni
posted 3/09/10 @ 5:09 PM PST
This student should provide friends, family, and people willing to help with the address of the management of the Court 17. Maybe with enough phone calls, letters, and visitors they will kindly break the rent contract. (Continued…)
Life is beautiful
posted 3/20/10 @ 2:22 PM PST
Oh my Gosh!I've heard about that for the first time!It is so sad... And no one has still written an essay about that?
Russian Wives
posted 3/20/10 @ 7:16 PM PST
I bookmarked this article. Thank you for good job!
Daniel
posted 4/06/10 @ 8:15 AM PST
Such behavior of adolescents can be explained by an unstable mental condition. From the perspective of psychology at this age need to have a lot of positive emotions, so they blocked the emergence of bad ideas in the thinking of adolescents. (Continued…)
Andreas
Andreas
posted 4/10/10 @ 8:37 AM PST
It's awful! What's wrong with this world? You can live and don't know that such a creepy person lives in the neighborhood. Until one day...
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