Two items just in from Lt. Steve Paulsen at the Southwest Precinct: 
First, confirmation of something we got e-mail about over the weekend: Those WERE gunshots very early Sunday morning on Alki. At 12:44 am, a man heading south from 63rd/Alki “fired 5 rounds from a .38 revolver while driving.” Witnesses gave police a description of his vehicle; several minutes later, an officer found it at Delridge/Myrtle, and found the suspect “in possession of the loaded handgun and ammunition.” They say the suspect “later confessed to shooting up in the air while driving because, ‘he felt someone on the beach had been threatening him’.” and apparently thought that person had something to do with the recent death of the suspect’s relative. No injuries or property damage; the suspect is in jail. Next – three burglary arrests yesterday that may solve more than one recent break-in:
According to police, it started with a call of a burglary in progress just before 4 pm yesterday in the 5100 block of Admiral. The homeowner was napping in a bedroom when the intruder came in; the homeowner woke up, chased the intruder upstairs, and saw someone with a backpack. The homeowner tackled that burglar; a laptop computer fell out of the backpack, and both burglars bolted.
Witnesses saw them running and meeting up with a third person; police set up “containment” and soon caught all three at 52nd/College. Investigators are now working ot see if they can be connected to other recent unsolved burglaries.
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