WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Puget Ridge gunfire investigation

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Again tonight, police are investigating gunfire in West Seattle. This time, on Puget Ridge. In the past half-hour, 911 calls came in from people who thought they heard gunfire in the 18th/Myrtle vicinity [vicinity map]. A caller in the 2100 block of SW Myrtle reported having security video showing a “newer blue Chevrolet” from which the gunshots might have been fired. And officers have since confirmed to dispatch that they found three casings. No report of injuries.

Marcus September 8, 2024 (6:57 am)

Here we go again! If the SPD management and Seattle City Counsel can not provide the resources through hiring practices then we need to get the ATF or FBI involved.

Bruhhh September 8, 2024 (9:37 am)

Buddy you sound ridiculous. The FBI would not get involved in a small shooting when nobody was hurt. Nor would they care unless its a massacre
- Seattlite September 8, 2024 (10:24 am)
  
  “Bruhhh” No shooting is a “small shooting.” Anyone illegally shooting off a gun (which is probably stolen) in civilized residential areas is putting people at risk on the streets and in their homes. Common sense is not a criminal’s strong point. However, chaotic, impulsive behavior like shooting off guns in neighborhoods is a criminal’s strong point. Get the drift.
  - IHeartBPP September 8, 2024 (11:57 am)
    
    Seattlite, your comment has little utility or substance. “…then we’ll have to get the ATF or FBI involved.” How do you propose to do that? Ask to speak to the manager? We all can agree that gun violence is a crime and a growing problem. Real solutions are needed such as community policing, gun violence prevention programs, and community building. That’s “the drift”.
    - Seattlite September 8, 2024 (12:49 pm)
      
      I don’t get your response to my comment. My point is that any time a firearm is unlawfully discharged where citizens live it is a BIG deal. Currently, Seattle has an unacceptable decrease of police officers which is a 100% strain on the police officers’ ability to do their jobs. Seattle needs a fully staffed team of trained police officers which it doesn’t have at this point. Hence, the unfortunate situation that this city finds itself in is one of ongoing and increasing crime and the misfortune of having a revolving-door criminal justice system. The city council and mayor must make a decision about how to PROTECT Seattle’s citizens which is their number one job while having a police officer shortage. Get the drift.
Seattlite September 8, 2024 (10:26 am)

Marcus….Indeed. The city councils’ and the mayor’s number ONE job expectation is to keep citizens SAFE. Is that happening in West Seattle and greater Seattle?
Anne September 8, 2024 (1:22 pm)

Sure ATF/FBI will get involved-not-nor is it their job. If the Mayor, City Council, KC Executive & KC Council aren’t doing their jobs-VOTE THEM OUT-. You do realize that new LEO’s don’t get hired one day & are out on the street the next-right? The city & council are hiring-but the training takes some time before they’re street ready.

Marcus September 8, 2024 (1:09 pm)

Yeah, wishful thinking. However marauding criminals shooting indiscriminately at each other or houses with sleeping people or just cars for fun most likely with stolen firearms and illegal automatic alterations—-man when somebodies husband, father, child or mother gets hit and innocent lives are ruined well, maybe my suggestion and outrage will start making sense. But wait a minute—I guess I am being way too reactionary with unrealistic expectations and too right wing to expect a reasonably safe environment to live. This is not petty crime or traffic violations. What is next??

Kevin September 8, 2024 (1:35 pm)

It’s going to be a massive challenge to turn things around. We have an environment that enables criminal behavior.We have an environment where nobody respects authority. What crazy person would want to become a police officer in Seattle. The risk you can go to prison for doing your job is a serious issue when no one is on your side.

Bbron September 8, 2024 (7:53 pm)

name one SPD officer that was charged, sentenced, suspended or disaplined for “doing their job”. I don’t see how anyone could think “no one is on [SPD’s] side” with the recent sweetheart payday they got; that mountain of cash with no oversight requirements tells a much different story.
- Seattlite September 8, 2024 (9:59 pm)
  
  This article makes your comment seem questionable. https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-police-department-cops-get-big-raises-in-new-union-contract
  - Bbron September 9, 2024 (3:04 pm)
    
    huh? what about my comment becomes “questionable” when in context of that article? if you’re trying to say that the new contract increases oversight and accountability, you’re woefully misled. what is itemized are gestures without substance. we passed an ordinance in 2017 that would actually have impact, and that was immediately made irrelevant by the following year’s contract and we have to see, 7 years later, anything matching true accountability be included in the following contracts. tell me how exactly the new contract increases oversight and accountability and you’ll see how very, very short it falls compared to what people want. ain’t nothing “questionable” about what i said.

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