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We checked with Seattle Police spokesperson Det. Mark Jamieson, who says that the suspect who crashed a stolen car into another car by the Southwest Precinct is still in the hospital at last report, and will be booked into jail when released. As for the truck that hit parked cars before crashing into bushes outside a South Admiral apartment building – no arrest in that case yet.
Now, as to what’s new: First, if you heard about a White Center shooting this morning, investigators aren’t clear yet on whether it was an attack or an accident – the story’s on our partner site White Center Now.
Here in West Seattle, two reader reports – both are crimes that targeted the same type of vehicle, miles apart, apparently coincidentally – read on:
That photo is from Melissa, who writes:
Came home from work (Wednesday) to find the back window of my 4Runner appeared to have been shot out have something thrown through it. The truck was still locked and didn’t appear to have been gone through. Since I can’t get it fixed until tomorrow I took everything out of it and upon shutting the door the remaining glass broke out. I’m guessing this may have happened overnight and i didn’t notice it until i went out to get in the truck (Wednesday) evening since I take the bus to work. The truck was parked on 35th near Cambridge, which is a pretty high-traffic area.
And another report involving a 4Runner – Jeannie in The Triangle warns that catalytic-converter thieves are back in action again:
I am writing to alert you to what appears to be a possible crime spree in our neighborhood. Sometime in the evening of Friday, December 28 and early morning Saturday, December 29, my Toyota 4Runner had its catalytic converter cut out from underneath it as well as its oxygen sensor stolen right in front of my home (35th/Fauntleroy Way SW).
The mechanic we took it to told us that this was the second case of this he had seen recently and then we learned that our neighbor 3 houses down also had the same thing happen; we also learned that this type of theft it targeted toward vehicles that sit high-up off the ground such as SUV’s and trucks, where there is enough space for the thieves to roll under and use their pipe cutting tools.
I filed a police report in hopes that the SW Precinct is alerted to this situation as it appears it will likely happen again. My hope is to alert others in the area about this, as it is a very expensive fix (over $600).
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