READER REPORT: Window shot at?

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Karen, in the neighborhood west of 35th near Camp Long, wonders if anyone else has experienced this:

Sunday morning, I opened our living room drapes around 7:45 to find that one of the glass panes in our vintage 8-panel leaded glass windows was broken. After investigating, we don’t think it was a bird strike, a thrown rock, or an attempted break-in; but rather that someone shot it with a gun or pellet gun.

The projectile not only broke the window glass, but bent the lead frame from the side. Whatever it was is lodged inside the wooden trim around the window.

We’ve filed an online police report, and that temporary number is T00051305.

Side note – reminder that the quarterly community-safety meeting with Seattle Police, the Southwest Precinct Advisory Council, is at 6:30 pm tomorrow (Tuesday) at the precinct, 2300 SW Webster.

West Seattle Mad Sci Guy February 16, 2026 (1:01 pm)

Unlikely related, but down the street someone was arrested yesterday on 35th closer to Avalon for smashing things with a hatchet. Unless said individual did a single strike you’d probably see more evidence of a hatchet.

DubSea Smart Math Man February 16, 2026 (2:55 pm)

Extra unrelated, I did see someone had broken windows in the SoDo area. Not certain if it was a hatchet however. In surveying the area, I found it was most likely a rock or stone object thrown at a high velocity.

bolo February 16, 2026 (3:06 pm)

You might have to inspect the item lodged in the window frame to know for sure, but I managed to break a window like that while mowing the lawn. The lawnmower flung a rock.

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