“A RIVAL GANG IS TRYING TO KILL ME.”

When three soldiers sent to take out a 15-year-old rival last Thursday got ID'd and arrested instead, Uriel "Scooby" Hernandez-Martinez says he was required to act Friday morning

The senior member of VLS told police that that he and another member fatally shot the 15-year-old Sur Town Rascals (STR) gang affiliate, in targeted retribution for a shooting linked to STR. This wasn’t originally the plan.

He told police that three VLS gang members were supposed to shoot Tamayo Thursday night in a drive-by shooting from a car they’d stolen for the purpose… but the soldiers “f*cked up”, got arrested and were unable to accomplish their mission.

Since the three other gang members were not able to shoot Tamayo, he was expected to do so.

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EVERETT — When Everett Special Operations Detective John Anderson learned that 15-year-old  Bryan “Hitter” Tamayo was shot in a fatal drive-by shooting that scattered a busy school bus stop Friday morning, the seasoned gang investigator immediately knew where to look for those responsible for his death. 

Tamayo wasn’t your average 15-year-old Kamiak High School student: as J425 exclusively reported Friday, Tamayo was an active member in a violent criminal street gang called Sur Town Rascals (or STR). 

As a result of his affiliation with STR,  Everett gang detectives knew Tamayo was a high profile target of Vatos Locos Surenos (VLS) gang members and that Tamayo was hounded by escalating threats and shootings since March, including multiple attempts to shoot both Tamayo and his residence.

In fact, last Friday’s fatal drive-by shooting was actually the third attempt on Tamayo’s life in as many days, one attempt was stopped by police who quickly turned the three VLS hitters and got them to confess their mission.