WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Man shot in High Point (Thursday update)

7:26 PM: SFD and SPD are on the way to the 6400 block of High Point Drive for a reported person with a gunshot wound in the back/lower abdomen. Police believe they’re looking for two shooters – so far described only as “two Black males with handguns, one in a gray sweater.”

7:34 PM: They’re believed to have “left the scene in a vehicle,” police have told dispatch. The victim is being taken to Harborview Medical Center.

10:32 PM: SFD spokesperson David Cuerpo says the shooting victim is a 35-year-old man who was in serious condition when transported.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: SPD has released this summary:

At 1920 hours, officers responded to the 6400 block of High Point Dr SW to reports of shots fired. Officers responded and located an adult male suffering from a single GSW. Officers rendered aid until SFD arrived and transported the victim to HMC in serious condition. During their investigation, officers learned two unknown males opened fire on the victim as he stood on his porch and fled on foot, possibly entering an unknown vehicle. No suspects were located.

WSzombie October 23, 2024 (7:32 pm)

Cops flew by our house headed to the same area as the previous shootings. If the families aren’t willing to talk to the cops and share details, it’s just going to keep happening until they’re all dead. Help the cops to help you.

WSB October 23, 2024 (7:47 pm)

Well, perhaps that’s happening this time, as at least one relative of the victim has been mentioned.

ML October 23, 2024 (7:33 pm)

I was out waking my dog in high point just now and heard 6-7 shots, then sirens, then came home to trusty WSB to see what it was.

Jojo October 23, 2024 (8:35 pm)

I don’t know if that was you I was talking to earlier, but glad you’re safe

Carly October 23, 2024 (7:45 pm)

Very loud heard at least 7 gun shots from my living room

Person October 23, 2024 (7:49 pm)

I was in my room and heard the shots. The cops are right outside my poor neighbors house across the park lol

VH October 23, 2024 (7:51 pm)

Saw a car drive through the block on 29th ave at 7:21 PM

Anonymous October 23, 2024 (7:57 pm)

One boy shot two shooters on the loose

High point October 23, 2024 (8:07 pm)

The shooting happened right on high point drive – right before the park and Bataan. We live close, it was hard to tell which direction shots came from. The odd part was we didn’t hear anything before or after. There was no car speeding, no arguing, no running. There’s often youth driving fast in the alley and with loud music at night. We call the police and security often. Nothing is typically done. Also, it looked like at least one body was taken away with a sheet on them.

WSB October 23, 2024 (9:29 pm)

Unless it was the Medical Examiner taking them away, a “sheet” is not unusual for people being treated for trauma.
Person October 23, 2024 (10:02 pm)

There was no body taken out with a sheet. We live across the street from the duplex that the shooting happened at. Cops came to talk to us and said the victim that was shot was alive and headed to the hospital.
- HP October 23, 2024 (10:57 pm)
  
  I saw this from my kitchen window. The victim was not on a gurney but was being carried by 4 men each holding a corner of a white sheet. He wasn’t covered with the sheet, they were using it to move him from the scene into the ambulance. I thought it was odd because the ambulance was already onsite. Not sure why a gurney wasn’t used.

Anonymous October 23, 2024 (8:22 pm)

The boy was rushed to harbor view and he is still alive

Duffy October 23, 2024 (9:33 pm)

Shootings or shooting investigations almost weekly in west seattle. Just a total failure by leadership. It’s sad and it’s not safe.

Bradley October 23, 2024 (10:12 pm)

Vote for Woo.
- Concerned Joe October 23, 2024 (11:57 pm)
  
  Balderdash. She won’t do anything unless her corporate sponsors tell her to. Let’s not politicize this crime. Cops need to do their jobs and track down the perps.
- Tuvok October 24, 2024 (7:58 am)
  
  Logical, this crime could never have occurred if the incumbent was in power.
  - Jethro Marx October 24, 2024 (4:06 pm)
    
    Logic? We consider these moments golden.
- WS Res October 24, 2024 (12:57 pm)
  
  Woo seems to have failed to prevent this crime from happening so perhaps she isn’t the solution here.
Derp October 23, 2024 (10:42 pm)

When do we start blaming the parents of these shooters and not the city.
- Also John October 24, 2024 (7:01 am)
  
  I always do…..

Vote Smarter October 23, 2024 (10:16 pm)

This is why Washington State cannot survive 4 years of Bob Ferguson. #VoteDaveReichert

Dp October 23, 2024 (10:50 pm)

Please don’t make this political. No reason!!!
- Pinto October 24, 2024 (3:05 pm)
  
  Gun control now! The idea that Americans keep guns in case of tyranny is ridiculous. In the case of tyranny the government has missiles. And tanks. This is not revolutionary times. Give up your guns
  - Vote Smarter October 24, 2024 (11:03 pm)
    
    Pinto, the U.S. and our allies had tanks, planes, missiles, and bombs in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan yet we lost those conflicts due to enemy combatants with decades-old rifles.
    - Neighbor October 25, 2024 (3:01 pm)
      
      What does this fact have to do with stricter gun control?
IHeartBPP October 23, 2024 (11:06 pm)

Lol, truly a stretch to think that Trump-lovin’ Reichert could have ANY impact whatsoever on gun violence. He is all hat and no cattle. He has no ideas of his own only those of the MAGA cult who actually PROMOTE gun usage.
- 1994 October 24, 2024 (10:25 pm)
  
  LOL to your comments…..and remember Loren Culp? Not sure who is a bigger MAGA cult member, Culp or Reichert.
Citizen Joe October 24, 2024 (12:01 am)

😆
K October 24, 2024 (7:46 am)

When people say things like this, I always wonder what they think Washington will be in 4 years after it “dies” or “doesn’t survive” or whatever. States don’t just go poof and they have the federal government above them to keep all 50 relatively aligned with one another. Do these people think Washington will secede if Bob Ferguson is governor? Are you worried Bob Ferguson will dig a big trench along the Idaho border and then import a bunch of concrete in an attempt to sink Washington into the Pacific Ocean? Are they thinking the state itself will be fine but the name will get changed to Woke-istan or whatever else they’re afraid of? Genuinely curious what a state not surviving looks like.
- Jethro Marx October 24, 2024 (4:12 pm)
  
  Here in Seattle, we’re crime-ridden such that one can barely leave their house, which is valued at ONE MILLION DOLLARS. But seriously, Ferguson has been a bad attorney for Washington and would/will also be a bad Governor.
  - K October 24, 2024 (5:39 pm)
    
    Jesus, what neighborhood do you live in that you’re stuck in your house? And also, thank you for letting us know you’ve never travelled to any other city or taken the time to learn anything about any other place if you actually think that Seattle is unsafe by comparison, lol. But seriously, even if the things you were describing were true, they’re still survivable. Waiting to hear how Ferguson will bring about the End Times.
    - Jethro Marx October 25, 2024 (12:25 pm)
      
      Easy there k, I was only serious in the second half of my comment. As to your question, people mean all different things when they say ‘end times’ but I don’t think Bob Ferguson will be particularly important for most interpretations. And I don’t think he’ll bring about the downfall of our state.
      
      He will continue to be self-serving and disingenuous in his message to voters, pretending particularly that he’ll “get tough on crime and hire more cops” because that’s what sells right now.
      
      He’ll continue to be a deceitful and morally ambiguous lawyer, picking and choosing which laws and institutions he respects while treating people who disagree with him with contempt and occasionally malice.
      
      He will pander to us, his constituents, pretending to serve us while he uses our tax dollars to promote himself. And he will probably win the Governor’s race, because elections like this are never about who will do the best job, only about which tribe is running the island currently.
      
      I hope he loses though.
  - John October 24, 2024 (8:04 pm)
    
    Wow, you are paranoid and delusional. But yes, please do stay holed up in your $1M dollar home I doubt you did much good when you were out and about in the good old days.
helpermonkey October 24, 2024 (8:16 am)

sorry, I kind of like my bodily autonomy, so I won’t be voting for Reichert.
- lucy October 24, 2024 (11:26 am)
  
  Washington State will NEVER ban abortion. It would take a bill through the legislature and that simply will not happen. Please do not be a one issue voter. Bob Ferguson, as AG, has done a LOT of harm to our state. It’s time for a change. Democrats have been in charge of WA for 40 years.
  - K October 24, 2024 (12:11 pm)
    
    Nearly half the hospitals in Washington State are owned by the Catholic church. It would not take a statewide ban to limit abortion access here. A simple rollback of the laws in place requiring abortions to be performed at medical centers regardless of religious beliefs would render abortion inaccessible in large swaths of the state. Please do not be an ignorant voter. Change for the sake of change is asinine. Reichert is a do-nothing mouthpiece who will not change the state for the better. I’m glad Ferguson sued over the opioid crisis and won all that money for our state to fund treatment so the cost isn’t coming out of my pocket. I’m glad they’re suing now over the Kroger/Albertson’s merger so consumers will have more choices when shopping, and not be forced into paying whatever price is demanded when there’s only one outfit in town.
  - derp October 24, 2024 (3:00 pm)
    
    maybe it is has to do with the republicans not having a candidate worth a beans!!!

Yma October 24, 2024 (7:12 am)

Why do commenters keep mentioning “youth” and “boy”?
As the WSB coverage states “the shooting victim was a 35 year old man.”

Ah – that info is in a later update. This does show me how we can easily jump to our own subtle biases and conclusions when we don’t have the facts.

Peace maker October 24, 2024 (7:55 am)

That’s crazy I was at the food bank in highpoint and caught the bus and got home and maybe an hour later seen that a shooting occured very near by where I was. It’s so sad that today’s society especially young men feel the need to shoot each other over the dumbest things. Gangs, violence, lawlessness,drugs,hate, rivalry,evil,. Why are guns and bullets ending up in the hands of murderous individuals that are young and dumb who think they are invincible. Violence doesn’t solve anything love with always endure. learn to love forgot how to hate

Anne October 24, 2024 (11:07 am)

Why why why?? Now that’s the question isn’t it. Changing economic situations, improving education, housing, community & family support are part of changing mindsets -but in my opinion it will take decades to agree on the how & see any meaningful change.

Steve October 25, 2024 (4:55 pm)

Seattle Housing Authority is responsible for this within High Point. They are responsible for their tenants’ behavior. By contacting Pramila Jayapal’s office and demanding action SHA can get some fire on their butts.

Peace maker October 25, 2024 (11:51 pm)

Does anyone really give a damn all the blog posts don’t really seem to care a human being is fighting for their life or worse I’ve read many bickering political and local politics and it’s absurd. Obviously there are several different financially challenged community’s and crime riddled areas this entire America is plagued with social and financial injustices that keep minorities and low income people oppressed. The obsession with bad news and hostile environment and gentrification of Seattle in recent times has pushed people to the limit and has made crime increase the rich and the wealthy have done nothing about making the city safer and often blame and bicker about everyone else that lives here as being the cause of all this chaos. As long as the massive financial inequalities exist there will be problems and lawlessness that is damaging to everyone and not a joking matter let’s be serious and make solutions and better bonds with our community and create better opportunities for people to live better happier lives

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