Teen sought in school shooting captured, charged

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SEATTLE -- A teenager wanted in a deadly shooting outside a Federal Way middle school last week was arrested and charged on Monday.

Federal Way police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock said 16-year-old Luis F. Cosgaya-Alvarez was caught in West Seattle after investigators received tips about where he was hiding.

Cosgaya-Alvarez, of Kent, is suspected of shooting a 26-year-old man in Lakota Middle School's parking lot before speeding off around 8:20 p.m. Thursday.

Schrock said the gunman was riding with a group of other men in a black Lincoln Navigator when the shooting took place.

The victim, Omero Mendez, had been at the school to pick up his girlfriend's son from football practice, according to the document of probable cause. He confronted Cosgaya-Alvarez and two friends when they used a Lincoln Navigator to block Mendez's car in the school parking lot.

Cosgaya-Alvarez, who was riding in the back seat of the SUV, flashed gang signs, pulled a blue bandana over his face and shot Mendez once, a witness told investigators.

Mendez was shot once in the head. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he died.

The King County Prosecutor's office on Monday filed first-degree murder charges against Cosgaya-Alvarez. The teen, who was charged as an adult, has been booked into jail.

A football practice for the Federal Way Hawks, a club team, was just ending at the school when the shooting took place, but none of the players was hurt.

Investigators believe the shooting was not a random incident as the getaway car was seen circling the parking lot during football practice for the past several days.