WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Music murals vandalized; yard prowler

Two notes in West Seattle Crime Watch:

MUSIC MURALS VANDALIZED; Thanks for the tips. We’re not showing the vandalism, but at least three music murals in West Seattle have been vandalized – the Chris Cornell and Mother Love Bone murals on the south side of Easy Street Records in The Junction, and the Chris Cornell signal-box mural near 35th/Alaska. That’s sadly far from the first Hansen signal box to be defaced. He painted the Chris Cornell box four and a half years ago. The Easy Street mural was painted by Son Duong.

HIGHLAND PARK PROWLER: April reports a prowler Saturday afternoon in their yard on 14th SW between Thistle and Elmgrove, She says he “entered our side yard via a latched gate, closed it behind him, and proceeded into our backyard … carrying a small tool bag. When we confronted him, he said he was trying to get away from the cars on the road and asked to cross the yard and exit through the alley. We allowed him to do that, and told him to never enter our property again.” She sent this thumbnail-size photo.

9 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Music murals vandalized; yard prowler"

  • Marty2 September 4, 2022 (6:47 pm)

    Sad to hear about the murals being vandalized, I hope they can be restored.  Always enjoy seeing the great artwork around West Seattle.

  • Sheila G September 4, 2022 (7:16 pm)

    What is WRONG with people? Honestly…

    • Frustrated September 4, 2022 (8:37 pm)

      It’s a “me me me” mentality. YOUR stuff is now MY stuff, because I want it. From cars to bikes to flowers to mural space, if I want it I’ll just TAKE it.

  • Alki resident September 4, 2022 (7:43 pm)

    Desmond does such a great job on the murals. I’m devastated to hear about this. Maddening 

  • Erithan September 4, 2022 (10:50 pm)

    So sick of the vandals! Junction plaza is another bad spot recently. Sculpture had graffiti at first, and is now painted mostly red along with the benches… Pretty sure it’s the guys who get drunk/high there every day, I’ve seen them throw objects at it and other parts of the park among other things. >.>Where can this stuff be reported? Can anything be done?

    • Socialcontract September 5, 2022 (9:39 am)

      As long as a majority of the community would prefer to turn a blind eye or let it be someone else’s problem we’re basically condoning this behavior and accepting a lower quality of life. Any one of these vandals or property criminals wouldn’t stand against a unified group of community members. But it requires organization and a donation of personal time that most people seem unwilling to give. I guess things just haven’t gotten bad enough yet.

  • Kersti Elisabeth Muul September 5, 2022 (11:10 am)

    Leave Chris to rest in peace. This pisses me off.

  • Patrick September 5, 2022 (12:31 pm)

    I wonder if these murals used anti graffiti paint? It seems like mural vandalism and tagging are on the uptick. Very sad and frustrating.

  • 22blades September 5, 2022 (12:49 pm)

    No message here. Just plain disrespect for people & their efforts to make our place nice. I’m running out of compassion.

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