West Seattle Crime Watch: Homes hit by bullets

This has been on the Crime Watch page since Seattle Police posted it on their SPD Blotter site (which feeds the CW page instantly as soon as SPD posts something) – but we wanted to call attention to it here too: Two homes on 32nd SW were hit by bullets last night, nobody hurt, nobody arrested. A High Point resident sent us a Twitter message last night about that time saying he’d heard what sounded like gunfire – we listened to the scanner for quite some time and monitored 911 but nothing obvious. In several separate Twitter messages, Ryan reported:

I live in High Point and am pretty sure I just heard gunshots. a lot of em, sounded like two different guns … I’m at 32nd and Juneau, it sounded less than a block away, and afterwards a car drove really fast down my dead end street … and then turned around and drove away …

We get “thought I heard gunshots” reports fairly frequently, and they don’t all pan out, but this one obviously did. We’re checking with the Southwest Precinct for any additional information about who’s been sought and potential motives. ADDED 2:02 PM: Lt. Steve Paulsen provides additional details: 5900 block of 32nd SW (map); no description of the suspect/vehicle. They haven’t quite zeroed in on the motive yet but are investigating the possibility it involved a relationship dispute of some sort. No relation to the “house hit by bullets” incident from 20th/Henderson last month.

marco December 9, 2008 (1:04 pm)

Does anybody know, where exactly the damaged houses are?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=32nd+Ave+SW+%26+SW+Juneau+St,+Seattle,+King,+Washington+98126

WSB December 9, 2008 (1:34 pm)

I have a msg out to SW Precinct. The SPD Blotter report says ONLY “32nd SW” – but you can assume near Juneau, from the messages I mention having received last night. Will add as soon as I get confirmation.

Michael December 9, 2008 (2:02 pm)

When you see someone driving fast down the wrong way on your dead-end street, it seems like a great opportunity to get a license plate. But oh well.

WSB December 9, 2008 (2:10 pm)

Happens on ours and “seeing” them sometimes only means taillights through the blinds … at least that’s what happens on our dead-end stub, next to a busy arterial, where people drive thru the wrong way all the time (and we are always hoping against hope they won’t smack our car while trying to turn around). Meantime, I’ve added additional details from the precinct, to the original post above.

sam December 9, 2008 (2:47 pm)

Michael-
don’t know how great your eyes are at night (and in looking at a moving vehicle), but I certainly wouldn’t want to run out to the street to take down a license plate of a car when I just heard gunshots.

I actually tested myself the other day, tried to get a lic. # of car driving to fast down the street. I was at my car parked at the curb- and didn’t get it- that was during the day.

but, hopefully, SPD does have some information to go on in terms of catching these people.

Lex December 9, 2008 (4:28 pm)

I disagree with running out to get a license plate number when you see a car speeding down wrong way street or dead end, especially if you heard gunshots. That can be dangerous. Unless you have amazing vision and can not be seen by the perps don’t even attempt this. Just dial 911.

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