CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: SW Holly search explained

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(WSB photo – law-enforcement vehicles on standby during SW Holly search, March 7th)

One week after a police search in the 3100 block of SW Holly, we finally know what it was about. We reported March 7th on the search, described at the scene only as a warrant operation; police would not comment further the next day, saying only that it was related to an “open SPD case.” Then today we found the answer, reading through court documents related to a deadly shooting in Southeast Seattle. The residence that was searched on SW Holly is the home of the mother of the 27-year-old woman just charged with murder in that case, Jamila A. Abdi. The charges allege that she shot and killed a longtime friend, 29-year-old Fariya Yusuf, on March 4th in the 7100 block of 42nd Ave. S. The shooting was caught on security video and the charging documents say the search of Abdi’s mother’s home in West Seattle yielded potential evidence including pink gloves matching those seen on the shooter in video of the killing. Abdi also allegedly was driving her mother’s car the night of the shooting. The suspect was arrested on March 10th, three days after the search, and is charged with one count of first-degree murder.

1994 March 14, 2023 (10:27 pm)

Good to read an arrest was made.

Alki resident March 14, 2023 (10:43 pm)

$2 million bail for shooting her 14 times. That is one sick individual that’ll never see the outside world again hopefully. Good riddance

Derek March 15, 2023 (8:51 am)

If they did it, then yes. Innocent until proven guilty.
- Josh March 15, 2023 (10:15 am)
  
  Derek there is a presumption of innocence in the eyes of the justice system until proven otherwise. That is completely different from being innocent until proven guilty. The person who killed the other person is not in fact innocent as they actually killed someone. Just because they may not be proven to be guilty does not make them innocent. Also the presumption of innocence applies only to the functional aspects of the justice system, citizens are free to presume the guilt of other citizens all they want as long as they do not willfully and knowingly slander or libel said individual. An important yet nuanced distinction that you routinely fail to demonstrate an understanding of. All that being said your heart is in the right place especially if you are also knee jerk reflexively defensive of victims as well as suspects.
  - Byron James March 15, 2023 (2:52 pm)
    
    Correct. Derek can’t seem to grasp that OJ Simpson was found not guilty by the legal system and I can continue to believe that he’s guilty, for example.
  - CAM March 18, 2023 (5:45 am)
    
    Josh – your last point is the one that always gets me. You are somehow inferring that by a commenter suggesting that other commenters not use dehumanizing language, slurs, or assume guilt based purely on information released by the exact people who would be making allegations that the defendant did something wrong (note that the defense waits until trial to release any information supporting their side in most situations so ALL information released to the media prior to trial from sources will be biased against the defendant by the nature of the source) that the commenter inherently lacks empathy for a victim of crime. This demonstrates a basic failure in understanding the principles of human emotion and thought. A human being can in fact hold multiple thoughts and emotions about multiple people and situations simultaneously and this is not contradictory. I see no evidence for you to have determined that people are flooding the comment section with dehumanizing language about victims and so I am confused about how you would have come to the conclusion that you would have ever had to question any commenter’s feelings about any victim without an explicit statement to rely upon.

What Josh Said March 15, 2023 (5:05 pm)

Josh, very well summed up. Reminds of my Jurisprudence class many years ago, great class with these type of discussions. To the victim in this case…where do it start, simple unbearable, RIP. Add to that premeditation, does not get any worse.

Rick March 16, 2023 (9:12 am)

14 rounds. Was that a reload case? I think that would show intent rather than any kind of self defense.

WSB March 16, 2023 (9:58 am)

I didn’t get into the details as it’s not a local murder case but it’s all on security video, prosecutors wrote, saying that the defendant continued firing into the victim even after she was down. She and the victim had allegedly been talking in her car, then the victim went into her residence, and the defendant allegedly kept calling/texting her to come back outside – and walked toward her when she did, gun behind her back, until she got close, then starting to shoot. There was no indication of motive in the charging documents.

JESUS LOVES YOU ALL March 19, 2023 (9:53 pm)

I pray for GOD’S comfort for Faye’s mother and family. This is so sad. I pray for GOD to have mercy on Jamila. LORD JESUS please save her soul. I pray for Jamila’s family as well to be comforted. This is a tragedy. Oh how evil is this world is becoming. We are truly living in the last days. JESUS is coming. Stay repented and ready, beautiful people. Stay close to GOD. Choose forgiveness. Choose love. Choose peace. Choose JESUS today.

Lovelyme March 31, 2023 (10:46 pm)

I was just in jail with her and she didnt seem like the type to do it i hope she she innocent shes a very sweet girl very intelligent.. like i told her in jail im not the the judge the jury or GOD so i cant say if your guilty but i pray all works for her if she really didnt do it. Alot of people are in jail behind the crime of someone else and i very do believe she didnt do it but if im wrong she really did fooled me.

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