WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Robber search; vehicular-homicide suspect’s arraignment postponed

Two notes in West Seattle Crime Watch:

ROBBER SEARCH: If you’re in the Westwood Village area and wondering about the police response, officers are looking for a robber right now. We don’t have full details but a female victim told police she was robbed at gunpoint by the dumpsters between McDonald’s and the future Five Guys. The robber may have gotten away on foot southbound on 26th SW. A K9 was called in to help search. The robber is described as an Asian man in his early 20s, 5’6″ thin, beanie, black sweatshirt and pants, armed with a “small compact semi-automatic handgun.”

ARRAIGNMENT POSTPONED: We reported last week on the charges filed against 36-year-old Delfino Lopez-Morales in the West Seattle Bridge crash that killed Khalea Thoeuk and Riley Danard, both 18, in March. He was due in court for arraignment today to answer the charges, but the hearing was postponed until June 26th, with the explanation that he is still in a hospital but expected to be discharged by then. A warrant remains in effect and police have said he would be booked into jail upon release from the hospital.

6 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Robber search; vehicular-homicide suspect's arraignment postponed"

  • Mike June 16, 2023 (7:19 am)

    Westwood has lots of cameras, even SPD installed parking lot cameras.  Any chance they’ll release the footage so the public has a view of this and can hopefully help track who it was robbing the victim at gun point?

    As for the bridge wreck (not calling it an accident out of respect for the families impacted).  I hope the family and friends of Khalea Thoeuk and Riley Danard get justice and can find peace for those they lost.

  • anonyme June 16, 2023 (12:40 pm)

    Ya know, I just started shopping at Westwood Village again after a hiatus of several years.  Guess I’m going to have to rethink that decision.   On one of those recent trips, two creeps walked close by me, and then one started circling me, doing a staredown.  Reminded me of sharks.  I don’t want to shop (or live) in a place surrounded by predators.

    • WS resident June 16, 2023 (8:24 pm)

      I live close by and often times shop there. Its not uncommon to see folks running out of stores with bags full of product.WS is turning for the worse, in my honest opinion. 

  • Lisab June 16, 2023 (2:42 pm)

    Cant get this driver booked in jail fast enough.  Hard to picture him in the hospital all this time being cared for, while his victims are 6ft under. So shameful. 

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