WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: 27th SW shooting followup; Highland Park car break-ins; mailbox found

Three items in West Seattle Crime Watch:

27TH SW SHOOTING FOLLOWUP: Southwest Precinct dayside watch commander Lt. Wes Collier was at tonight’s Admiral Neighborhood Association meeting, and his briefing included an update on the most significant reccent incident in West Seattle, the shooting of a 31-year-old man outside apartments on 27th SW on Monday. He said it’s believed to have been “targeted” so even though the person who shot the victim isn’t in custody yet, they don’t believe the general public is in danger. He said the victim was outdoors with his girlfriend; she went inside, and that’s when the man was shot. He sai officers found evidence of 23 rifle rounds, plus “eight rounds of return fire that hit two vehicles” that happened to be in the line of fire.

CAR BREAK-INS: Manny was hit two days in a row in the 800 block of SW Trenton:

I recently had my car broken into on 9/22. Both windows on the passengers’ side were smashed. I was home all day and did not hear my car alarm go off and none of my neighbors let me know.

Then this morning at around 5:20 am my car alarm went off and someone tried to break in again.

The SPD incident # is 25-277973.

MAILBOX FOUND: Via text, we received this photo:

Anybody reported a mailbox missing? Corner of SW Cambridge and Kelsey Lane SW.

7 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: 27th SW shooting followup; Highland Park car break-ins; mailbox found"

  • 1994 September 23, 2025 (10:36 pm)

    More cameras please.  23 rifle rounds plus 8 rounds or return fire is a mini war zone.  Maybe the victim won’t talk but cameras could help identify the other shooter.

    • ? September 24, 2025 (7:51 am)

      Typo? 1984

  • The King September 24, 2025 (5:09 am)

    I’m going to invent bulletproof planters for the front of houses and businesses. I’ll be rich 

  • David September 24, 2025 (7:01 am)

     they don’t believe the general public is in danger”The general public is literally in danger everyday in that area. From the bus stop on Barton to the Safeway on Roxbury.  This shooting with over 30 ROUNDS was at 3:00 pm. Ridiculous to say that even though they feel it was a “targeted” attack.

  • Question Authority September 24, 2025 (7:42 am)

    If the rifle caliber was a common 5.56/223 it has an effective range of unobstructed lethality of roughly 1,500 feet.  The area impacted (no pun intended) is well outside the crime scene, so duck and cover still applies when you hear it.

  • West Seattle Adjacent September 24, 2025 (7:44 am)

    Both community mailboxes at 28th Ave  SW and SW 98th Ave were broken into Monday night/early Tuesday morning. All of the mail was stolen from about 25 residences. Make sure you grab your mail every day!

  • Outofcontrol October 1, 2025 (1:54 pm)

    I was carprowled at 5am in highland park today and caught it on video it was Jessica Dietrich and her dog and the police are saying it was theft under $5k so not going to arrest

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