CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUPS: Police looking for video related to Alki gunfire; Seacrest gun suspect charged

POLICE LOOKING FOR VIDEO: Late last night, we reported on gunfire incidents in Alki and Fairmount Park. Tonight, Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator Jennifer Satterwhite has sent out investigators’ request for video evidence in one of them:

Yesterday evening (6/11/25) around midnight – there were multiple locations of shots fired.

Multiple vehicles were struck, and a few locations of property damage were located.

We are requesting all community members in the North Admiral & Alki area to please review their camera footage.

If you have any footage of a dark colored vehicle (possibly a Mercedes), driving at a high rate of speed, shooting from their vehicle – please contact me. I can provide a link to upload the footage into our evidence system.

jennifer.satterwhite@seattle.gov is her email address.

CHARGE FILED IN SEACREST GUN ARREST: The man arrested at Seacrest last Sunday morning after allegedly threatening to shoot another man is now charged. 19-year-old Jose Romero-Coto of Renton is charged with first-degree assault. The charging documents tell basically the same story as the narrative we obtained on followup, saying the incident happened in the overflow lot east of Salty’s and that Romero-Coto allegedly threatened the victim – sticking a gun against his abdomen – just for looking at him, which happened while the victim and his girlfriend were walking to the waterfront seating area in the lot to watch the sunrise. As previously reported, police eventually caught up with Romero-Coto at Seacrest and found a Glock handgun, stolen from Federal Way, in his car. No charge has been filed in connection with that yet. The narrative also mentions the victim’s girlfriend allegedly being assaulted by a woman who was with Romero-Coto; that case was referred to the City Attorney’s Office as a misdemeanor, so we’re researching it separately. Romero-Coto remains in jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Marcus June 13, 2025 (4:38 am)

Time to put cameras on Alki and Harbor Avenue.

N June 14, 2025 (1:54 pm)

Where would you like those cameras installed? What would you like them to record?
- Arch stanton June 14, 2025 (11:18 pm)
  
  They can put them infront of my building, so they record every time someone is racing 60 in a 25, burning out, revving, smashing glass bottles on the sidewalk, doing drugs and dealing, blasting music at obscene volumes, and taking a whiz in the grass. All of those should be ticketable at minimum, and cameras would help generate revenue, not to mention curb the antisocial behavior.
  - Gerry Flaten June 16, 2025 (12:57 pm)
    
    Yes. Put up the cameras. It’s way past time. I live on Harbor Avenue
  - DeadEnder June 16, 2025 (2:06 pm)
    
    Let the Police put them in your bedroom, so you can feel safe at night, giving up your privacy and freedom for pretend security.
- ltmmgm June 15, 2025 (7:37 am)
  
  I don’t understand the worry of cameras, if you’re not doing anything illegal then you have nothing to fret about. Invasion of privacy, well that went out the door with the first cell phone camera and the internet, install them if it helps catch the criminals!
  - DeadEnder June 16, 2025 (2:09 pm)
    
    Benjamin Franklin once said: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Feel free to make yourself a slave. I suggest not paying for this capitulation, but, if you have nothing better to do with your money and your freedom, feel free with giving up your freedom.