WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: South Delridge gunfire investigation (updated)

ORIGINAL SATURDAY NIGHT REPORT: Police found evidence of gunfire in South Delridge after 911 reports about it around 7:40 pm, according to emergency-radio archives. No injuries reported so far. Police found shell casings near 21st/Barton, and an empty gray ~~Kia~~ Avalon – left running – with bullet damage. Witnesses told them the people responsible for the gunfire left the scene in a car, but no consistent description; dispatch later reported the person who had been driving the Avalon called in to say they’d left it after getting shot at. Barton was blocked off for a while as police looked for other evidence, but it’s reopened now.

ADDED SUNDAY MORNING: The police-report summary we obtained this morning includes the info we reported above, with one additional detail: The person who called in about the car declined to come back for it, saying, according to police, “he was already out of the city and would not return.” The car was impounded.

Againandagian February 8, 2025 (9:43 pm)

I think you mean toyota avalon or kia optima

WSB February 8, 2025 (9:50 pm)

They said Avalon twice. Sorry, I should have checked.
ltm..mgm February 9, 2025 (7:05 am)

Don’t be so nit-picky the WSB reports as they hear it and corrects any discrepancies once it is clarified. We are darn lucky to have them.

pb February 9, 2025 (7:25 am)

Barton St or Barton Pl?

Sayitaintso February 9, 2025 (7:59 am)

I heard automatic gunfire at Delridge and Henderson, that is where the shooting happened. The police arrived a few minutes later, they blocked off the intersection for about a half hour , looks like they were looking for shell casings. I didn’t know about the car but could see a tow truck driver talking to the police. There was a surprising number of people on the streets when it happened but they mostly moved on before the police arrived.