West Seattle Crime Watch: Apparent burglary attempt, interrupted

Out of the WSB inbox, from a reader who doesn’t want to be identified – word of an apparent burglary attempt interrupted at 47th and Charlestown:

My 7 year old son was sitting on the couch and happened to look up to see 3 men staring in our living room window. Here is the description via my son: All three men had “tanned” skin, but not super dark and were wearing blue jean shorts. The oldest, possibly in his late 20s wore a blue shirt. The other two were late teens, one in an orange shirt and the other in a green shirt with a muscular build. When they saw my son, they looked very surprised and fled down our driveway. This all happened while I was in the shower downstairs on basement level. All I heard was our two dogs going nuts – which is pretty normal . I had a look around outside and it appears that they were attempting to break into my outbuilding, adjacent to our house. We presume there was a 4th person doing this. Police have been notified and are supposed to come take a report. Just wanted to make area neighbors aware and to be on the lookout.

11 Replies to "West Seattle Crime Watch: Apparent burglary attempt, interrupted"

  • G August 9, 2013 (2:54 pm)

    Unnerving. This is only a few blocks away from me. I’ll keep my eyes open.

  • gia August 9, 2013 (3:18 pm)

    thank goodness your family is safe! thanks for sharing so others can be aware.

  • hj August 9, 2013 (5:11 pm)

    Why is “tanned” in quotes? Were they tanned or not?

    • WSB August 9, 2013 (5:23 pm)

      I quoted exactly as sent, cut and pasted from e-mail. I believe the writer is saying that is the exact word used by the child. – TR

  • Lifetime WS August 9, 2013 (8:35 pm)

    Tanned Means ????????

  • dsa August 9, 2013 (9:39 pm)

    I especially do not like the idea that three or four were casing the home for an apparent break in.

  • Seattlite August 9, 2013 (10:31 pm)

    FYI to hj and Lifetime WS: As the WSB commented, the victim’s seven-year-old son was giving the description and used the term “tanned” to describe the suspects’ skin color == get it?

    Anyway, this is pretty darn scary. The thugs are getting so bold. Everyone needs to keep their windows and doors shut and locked even though it is 80 degrees. It seems that the thugs are taking control of our quality of life. So how do we take the control back?

  • BMC August 9, 2013 (10:41 pm)

    Tanned probably means brownish skin – I would guess. Not pasty white, not black. The 7 year old probably isn’t making racial profiles.

  • Rick August 10, 2013 (8:21 am)

    After all this sunshine someone has an issue with a description of “tanned”? I’d say that 7 year old is pretty sharp. Someone needs a little more fiber in their diet and it’s not the kid. Nice baiting attempt, though.

  • sc August 10, 2013 (11:16 am)

    Was wondering if it was north or south of Charlestown Ave?

  • JJ August 10, 2013 (2:10 pm)

    Why do you even care that the word “tanned” was used? Quit making issues out of something that’s not there. This is about a burglary attempt and hopefully catching these guys before they actually succeed!

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