VIDEO: 3 teens arrested for flashing guns at Seattle parade

VIDEO: Police arrest 3 armed teens in downtown Seattle

Bodycam video released by Seattle Police shows the arrest of three boys — one of them 13, and two of them 14 — in Seattle's Chinatown-International District last weekend.

SEATTLE - Seattle Police released bodycam video of the moments leading up to the arrest of three teenage boys, said to be flashing guns at the Chinatown Seafair Parade last weekend.

Officers were called around 7:30 to reports of three boys flashing guns near Seventh Ave S and S Weller St during the parade. Newly-released bodycam video shows police closing in on them, guns drawn, and ordering them to the ground.

People and performers stopped mid-act and ran down the parade route in panic.

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Bodycam video shows police search the three boys — one of them 13, and two of them 14 — pulling modified guns from their waistbands. Authorities say two of the guns were modified with an "auto-sear" which allows them to be fired full-auto. This includes the 13-year-old's gun, which was also an untraceable "ghost gun." Another gun was modified to carry 30 rounds.

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Police seized three guns into evidence.

The King County Prosecutor's Office says it has charged the three teens with second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. One of the 14-year-olds and the 13-year-old are also charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun.

The next scheduled court date for each of the teens is Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Seattle. The three are expected to enter initial pleas.

Anyone with additional information about this incident is urged to call SPD's violent crimes tip line at (206) 233-5000 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.