WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Armed robbery on Alki

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Two people reported being held up at 61st/Alki last night around 10:45 pm. Here’s what SPD is releasing so far:

Patrol officers responded to reports of a robbery near 61st Avenue Southwest and Alki Avenue Southwest. Police arrived and investigated the incident. Officers determined that a man and woman were robbed at gunpoint by two suspects, armed with a handgun and a possible rifle. The suspects ordered both victims to the ground and stole their wallet and cell phone. The suspects fled in an older sedan with tinted windows. The suspect and vehicle descriptions matched those of another armed robbery in John sector [North Seattle] less than two hours earlier. Patrol officers conducted an extensive area check for the suspect vehicle yet were unable to find it.

Seattlite July 15, 2025 (12:37 pm)

How horrific and scary for the two victims. SPD needs to catch these two armed and dangerous criminals ASAP and lock them up.

Yanni July 15, 2025 (1:06 pm)

Good job on the suspect descriptions…

WSB July 15, 2025 (1:39 pm)

This is what the police released, in its entirety. I would usually go into the radio archives and look for additional information but they are not currently available.
- Mark M July 15, 2025 (2:46 pm)
  
  Thanks!! Your thoroughness and effort often goes under appreciated
- Eli Barlag July 15, 2025 (2:47 pm)
  
  Might this be the car?
  - WSB July 15, 2025 (3:17 pm)
    
    I tried looking into that earlier today but no, i did hear a fragment of this incident in realtime and the car was described as maroon or red.
SLJ July 16, 2025 (6:49 pm)

Yanni, WSB does an excellent job reporting on just about everything that happens around here. Please be respectful.

N July 16, 2025 (10:23 am)

Was Alki beach open at that time? Was the robbery by the water on the promenade or up along the road?

Rhonda July 16, 2025 (8:58 pm)

I don’t think armed robbers care if a beach is closed or not.

Alki Mom July 16, 2025 (10:19 pm)

This summer has felt more lawless on Alki, akin to the pandemic years and despite police presence. Overcrowding from unlicensed food vendors (my husband said one drove a truck down onto the beach and set-up next to the bathhouse, no one stopped them), fireworks as usual, and police vehicles sit idle allowing them to explode with no investigation, fires and general rowdy behavior that’s rowdier and more aggressive, people strolling in front of traffic, blocking it etc. I’m unclear why we can’t better manage this—there is little enforcement of laws.

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