FOLLOWUP: More about West Seattle’s 2 weekend armed robberies

As reported here in West Seattle Crime Watch coverage, police investigated two armed robberies over the weekend. Today, we obtained the police-report narratives with details on both, while confirming that no one’s been arrested yet in either robbery:

SOUTH DELRIDGE: This holdup on Sunday night was a street robbery, according to the police report. The victim approached an officer in the 9000 block of Delridge Way SW around 10:42 pm Sunday night to say he had been robbed at gunpoint “a block or so south.” The officer drove south and spotted a suspect at 20th/Cambridge who refused to stop and kept his hand in a position that had police suspecting he was holding a gun. Eventually this turned into a foot pursuit but officers lost track of the suspect around 17th/Cambridge, and the ensuing K9-included search didn’t lead to an arrest. The victim told police that the robber got away with his iPhone.

(Saturday night photo by WSB’s Christopher Boffoli)

35TH/AVALON SALON: You might recall the description we published after this Saturday night holdup included an umbrella. The narrative adds one more detail – the 40ish robber held that umbrella in front of his face. The officer who wrote the report began by noting Salon Maison (4435 35th SW) “did not appear to have been robbed as patrons were still getting their hair styled” but then spoke with a witness who described herself as “in shock.” She told police the robber -who came in around 5:30 pm – showed a “silver handgun with brown or wood grip” and said, “I’m sorry to do this but I need all your money.” He took all the cash in the register except what police noted were “several $1 bills.” At least one surveillance camera caught an image that appeared to be the robber – umbrella and all.

3 Replies to "FOLLOWUP: More about West Seattle's 2 weekend armed robberies"

  • Mj February 19, 2019 (2:50 pm)

    Frightening hearing about a gun point robbery.

  • Wsresident February 19, 2019 (7:57 pm)

    Is it me? Or does it seem criminals are becoming more brazen in recent times. Guns in Southcenter, guns in West Seattle, baby shot at party in Thurston County, that’s the 3 I’m 24hrs that I caught. Oh wait, another shooting in Kent same day. It’s like the Wild West. I was at Westwood Saturday evening and witnessed FOUR shoplifting events happen, blatantly in front of store management (rightfully, there is no way a store manager will chase a person) 2 different stores at 5pm. 

  • Sue February 20, 2019 (5:05 pm)

    Carry concealed and defend yourself.

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