Rainier Beach Petition Seeks Permanent Memorial to Honor Slain Teens

Community members near Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School are petitioning King County Metro and the City of Seattle to close a bus stop and build a permanent memorial honoring two students, Tyjon Stewart, 18, and Tra’Veiah Houfmuse, 17, who were fatally shot there on January 30. The petition has garnered over 820 signatures as of mid-April, with organizers proposing a wrap-around bench and plaques at the site where the boys were killed shortly after school.