Friday night Admiral attack: Update from police

Just got a call from Sgt. Jeff Durden at the Southwest Precinct with the latest – and a clarification – on the Friday night attack that injured a woman walking her dog in west Admiral. First of all, Sgt. Durden wanted to clarify part of what was reported in a tv story last night (as we mentioned here) – he says police do NOT have anyone in custody, and do NOT know of any similar attacks in West Seattle. In addition, he says, they are NOT certain that the man was trying to steal the woman’s purebred Siberian Husky – Sgt. Durden notes that the man did not say anything to the victim; that was simply her speculation that theft might have been his motive. Here’s the description information they have so far: Black man in his 30s or 40s, about 6-1 and 180 pounds, wearing a red sweatshirt and dark-colored jeans, and one final descriptive detail from the report, “(the suspect) did not smell very good.” Southwest Precinct detectives are continuing to work on the case and promise to let us know of any new developments.

4 Replies to "Friday night Admiral attack: Update from police"

  • Beth May 27, 2008 (9:07 pm)

    Very sorry to hear this happened. Where was this assault? I looked in the prior posts and didn’t see a general street area.

  • WSB May 28, 2008 (1:41 am)

    I have finally made it through a huge download of police reports to get to the actual report from this: 5000 block of Admiral Way.

  • Beth May 28, 2008 (10:21 am)

    Thanks for the research!

  • Tonya May 28, 2008 (12:58 pm)

    Speculation or not, God help the poor sod who tries to come between me and my pup!

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