WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Gunfire investigation

10:49 PM: Police have been searching a stretch of Harbor Avenue after a report of gunfire near Don Armeni Boat Ramp about half an hour ago – someone said they saw a man get out of a car, shoot at another man, and drive off. The target apparently was not hit. But police have been looking for evidence and just told dispatch they found shell casings “in the street” near the intersection with SW Maryland [map].

10:55 PM: So far officers report finding two 9mm casings and two .45cal casings in the street.

12 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Gunfire investigation"

  • Lp September 9, 2022 (12:40 am)

    I’m not usually a chicken but I find this terrifying.

  • alki_2008 September 9, 2022 (1:02 am)

    Two different calibers?  Sounds like people shooting at each other, not just one person shooting at another.

    • WSB September 9, 2022 (1:23 am)

      Perhaps the witness who called it in only saw one side of the shootout. Or the person shooting could have had two guns. Will of course be attempting to get a few more details once the report’s in.

      • Probably not September 9, 2022 (6:13 pm)

        It’d be really odd for one person to carry and use two guns, much less two different calibers

        • WSB September 9, 2022 (6:54 pm)

          The very brief police summary was even less detailed – aside from that they never did find the target/victim – so it will remain a mystery…

  • Rhonda September 9, 2022 (1:04 am)

    Two different caliber shell casings means it was a shootout. Luckily, the perps were bad shots.

  • Vid September 9, 2022 (8:29 am)

    The several shots were very rapid, so probably both from the same shooter. 

  • Balderdash September 9, 2022 (9:08 am)

    I really don’t recall this much gunplay in past years (been here since ’85)

    • Rhonda September 9, 2022 (1:04 pm)

      There’s a lot more people reporting gun shots these days. 37 years ago people assumed it was cars backfiring, fireworks, etc. I remember seeing trash cans and metal signs at Alki and Lincoln Park with several bullet holes in them back then. We used to find shell casings laying on the ground. I think this and a lot of the gunshot incidents we hear are from punks/drunks blasting off a string of shots into the air or ground on a dare or to impress their low-life buddies, just like 4 decades ago.

  • AM September 9, 2022 (10:33 am)

    We live above Don Armeni near Hamilton Viewpoint. We heard the shots, but since the geniuses down there like to shoot off fireworks, we weren’t sure they were shots until we read the Blog this morning.  There were two quick groupings of shots, separated by a minute or two, just after 10 pm. 

  • Mila September 11, 2022 (12:26 am)

    Glad no one was hurt

  • Stratos Chardoul Sutter September 11, 2022 (9:24 pm)

    I was there for this. Here’s my story:I was infront of my car with 4 other friends infront of the pull in parking lot. There was probaly in total 6-7 cars in the pull in lot total. There was 1 other group of people who were much closer to the don Armeni park and there was about 4-5 of them. When my friends and I were just talking, out of nowhere we heard about 6-7 shots and after the first 3 we thought it was it was gunshots untill I looked up in the direction of the gunshots and saw bright orange flashes coming from a parked car. After the 5th gunshot we started running to my car and as we got to the car we heard a bullet skim off the concrete right where we were standing before. I’m not sure if we were the targets or if we just happened to have a stray bullet come near us, but none the less we got in my car and backed out immediately and left. As I was driving away I looked in my rear view mirror and every other car that was in the pull-out lot was also pulling out of the parking lot to leave. We never returned to the area as the adrenaline rush was too much for us highschoolers. Any questions you have feel free to leave below and I will answer them happily. 

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