Update: 35th reopened after short shutdown

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(photo by T. Bradley)
Update on the location of this incident: 7900 block of 35th, at Kenyon (here’s a map; thanks to T. Bradley for the update – he says 36th/Kenyon is still closed), closer to Gatewood. Disturbance involving a disturbed person, almost became a “barricaded in house” situation so reinforcements were called in, but the suspect’s in custody and police should be reopening the road shortly, per Lt. Steve Paulsen at Southwest Precinct. (Thanks for the e-mail tips and texts!) 2:37 PM UPDATE: 35th’s open again now. Photo added.

4 Replies to "Update: 35th reopened after short shutdown"

  • add October 1, 2008 (2:34 pm)

    Is this the reason for the hovering helicopters? They seem to be further south …

  • me, myself, and I October 1, 2008 (2:38 pm)

    I was driving South on 35th when this all happened – the police cars (about 8 of them) were all in the parking lot that Mars Hill Church parks their busses in. Traffic came to a stop for a few minutes, and police were pointing guns and rifles at an apartment. I COULD have taken a picture, but i was so shaken that i just wanted to GET OUT OF THERE!

  • WSB October 1, 2008 (3:01 pm)

    Yes – I tweeted at one point
    http://twitter.com/westseattleblog
    that a chopper was right over our house, and I figured it was the movie shoot at Lincoln Park, the kind of thing news choppers like to spy on – till a minute later the notes started coming in about the 35th shutdown. Sorry I had the location wrong at first – turned the scanner back on and first thing I heard was 35th/Raymond – thanks to T. Bradley for location update and pix too.

  • chas redmond October 2, 2008 (12:28 am)

    Tracy – you might check with SPD files, but around 2004-2005, forget exactly, there was a similar situation with a single, elderly and addled individual living on Southern at about 37th – barricaded himself inside with a shotgun – or something like that. Kinda of a weird, deja vu sense to this – each about the same distance from my house – this one north, the previous one south. For such a quiet view hill, we sure do get a lot of SPD platoons.

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