West Seattle Crime Watch: 2nd Alki street robbery; Fairmount Park-area car prowl; possible stolen property

SECOND ALKI STREET ROBBERY: Someone was held up at gunpoint in the 2700 block of Alki SW after 4 am today, according to both this SPD auto-tweet and what we’ve since found out was heard on police radio at the time. We won’t be able to get the report until tomorrow, so we have no other details, but that would be the second street robbery of the weekend in the Alki area, after this one early Saturday.

CAR PROWL: Via the WSB Forums, Greg reports a car prowl early today near 42nd/Brandon, west of Fairmount Park, with a GPS and binoculars taken.

STOLEN? OR LOST? Amy found this case near 9th/Elmgrove in Highland Park:

She suspects it was stolen and dumped. Know anyone who’s missing something like this, whether by theft or some other means?

Captain Dave May 17, 2015 (10:08 pm)

I might be more concerned about what might have been inside it. Hopefully it is just a lost musical instrument case and not a container for a shoulder fired rocket launcher. Maybe a good idea to drop it of at the local police station?

WSB May 17, 2015 (10:21 pm)

I suggested that the finder report it. Reporting found property is a good idea in most cases.

Too late- May 18, 2015 (3:38 am)

Looks like a golf club travel case. I had one that looked similar.

Marty May 18, 2015 (8:05 am)

Golf club case for sure…

West Sea Neighbor May 18, 2015 (8:10 am)

Second Too Late’s comment. I used to have one of these that I would put my musical instrument in for air travel.

Andi May 18, 2015 (5:04 pm)

This was the opening segment on KOMO’s 5pm news. Edit: the Alki issues anyway.

WSB May 19, 2015 (10:26 am)

Yes, that was frustrating as they probably wouldn’t have known about it if not for our report … but my request to SPD for the two report narratives, placed yesterday morning, was not responded to … apparently got lost in their inbox. So I’ve renewed the request *via phone this time* and will have the details (more than the KOMO report carried, anyway, TV is more about alarmed soundbites than thorough details) a bit later today.

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