CRIME WATCH: Shooting victim shows up at hospital, reportedly shot on Alki

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SPD says a shooting victim who showed up at Harborview Medical Center early Saturday was apparently shot on Alki. Police converged on the hospital around 3:40 am Saturday after getting word the 24-year-old had walked in with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

(SPD photo, police outside Harborview early Saturday)

They couldn’t talk to the victim, who was rushed into surgery, but they found and stopped the car that had dropped him off. The two men inside said the shooting happened during a gathering at 57th/Alki and that they didn’t know the person who they said walked up and shot the victim. They said they put the victim into their car and drove to the hospital. The police summary has no description of the shooter, only that they were in a “white car” that left inn “an unknown direction.” After hearing all this police say, officers went to the beach and found “evidence.” If you have any information, the incident # is 2026-63655. That’s the second night in a row with a violent incident on Alki, after this Thursday night robbery/assault.

Workdowntown March 8, 2026 (8:32 pm)

Sorry to hear this. I lived on 61st in the 70s, always felt safe.

CarDriver March 8, 2026 (9:43 pm)

Not surprised. Walk past that area every morning on my walk. There’s ALWAYS broken beer and liquor bottles and cans there. Surprised that SPD hasn’t noticed. The fact that they put him in their car and dumped him at the hospital also raises suspicions of what actually happened.Hopefully WSB can get some follow up.

alki_2008 March 8, 2026 (11:08 pm)

Really not surprised. Every Friday and Saturday night, or very early morning Saturday and Sunday, has groups of people gathered across the street from Blue Moon Burgers. Loitering in their cars, blasting their radios, speeding their cars (sometimes with their headlights off). It usually starts around 1am and goes past 4am. Calling SPD doesn’t have much effect as they just come back week after week.

North Admiral Cyclist March 9, 2026 (6:00 am)

Gee, if only we had a few more security cameras at key locations, SPD could identify the “white” car and make it possible for SPD to pursue resolution to the numerous shootings threatening our city, Focus on putting safeguards in place to protect publicly-owned security cameras from abuse by federal authorities, so we can benefit from modern security technology.

k March 9, 2026 (7:55 am)

There are numerous studies showing those cameras don’t decrease crime and don’t make a noticeable difference in solve rates for the crimes that do happen. It’s like TSA; they’re there to make you feel better. They’re a waste of tax money, and pouring more tax money into workarounds and red tape to try and keep info out of ICE’s hands doesn’t make them any less of a waste of tax money.
- Louis G March 9, 2026 (10:51 am)
  
  Why the constant excuses that crime cannot be diminished or solved with technology? I’m sure you appreciate the same technology when it benefits you and you’re life.
  - k March 9, 2026 (11:40 am)
    
    I appreciate my tax dollars going to solutions that actually prevent or solve crimes, not placebos.
    
    Genuinely perplexed by the enthusiasm for lighting tax money on fire here.
    - Kyle March 9, 2026 (12:57 pm)
      
      Example of the improvements Detroit has made over the past decade. Project Green Light Detroit | City of Detroit
  - KM March 9, 2026 (1:58 pm)
    
    The technology outputs still need a competent human and organization to move the data/evidence forward and press charges. Also, depending on the laws in the books, there are limitations to how the data can be used. The hangups with this technology may be human created, just like solving crimes without cameras. Camera technology is a small tool in the process, and we need other major changes in policing and likely some changes in policy for cameras to become useful or worth investing in.
- North Admiral Cyclist March 9, 2026 (3:06 pm)
  
  Yes, I’ve heard some people say security cameras don’t work, but that’s hard to square with the numerous examples of when they do. For example, the biggest crime in recent West Seattle history, the robbery of the jewelry store at the Junction, was “solved” by using security cameras to track the robbery gang’s movements.
  - KM March 9, 2026 (7:57 pm)
    
    Sometimes cops solve crimes, but far fewer than they used even to with more technology, money, and equipment. Anecdotes don’t mean much!

Foop March 9, 2026 (8:31 am)

There’s a world where we can close off a 1 or 2 blocks of Alki and make it a boardwalk / pedestrian Plaza, particularly near many of the packed in restaurants where residents aren’t already ingressing, which would discourage at least the racing / drunk driving part of this.

Jort March 9, 2026 (12:01 pm)

There are a variety of lovely ways to make Alki more person-friendly rather than car-friendly, but I assure you that to even conjure these thoughts triggers existential fears at the most foundational levels of the human brain. Despite thousands of examples all around the world of the benefits of de-prioritizing automobiles in our public spaces, even the very notion of human priority on public land previously used for automobile convenience is enough to cause apoplectic, spittle-filled rage. Look at the thread on Highland Park Way – you’ll see the boring, benign public agency of SDOT described as an “authoritarian” “jackboot” agency. Elevated traffic circles, elevated crosswalks, narrowing down to a single lane and requiring cars to alternate one-by-one –– all of these will have a marked effect on increasing safety and decreasing dangerous driving behaviors. And each of these ideas, for car driving enthusiasts, will genuinely feel like Armageddon – as though the very foundations of society are crumbling.
Jake March 9, 2026 (12:56 pm)

Every Euro city that bans cars on roads shows people much happier afterwards. Why can’t Alki do this? Let’s at least ban the parking and make. For some reason Seattle is still suck in 50s car-brain mode. Limiting cars limits the drive by shootings, full stop.
- Kyle March 9, 2026 (3:17 pm)
  
  You’re right, we never have crime on 3rd Ave now because personal cars are banned. Took some wild work to turn a crime issue into another urbanist ‘walking plaza will solve all our problems’ talking point.
- Sonja March 9, 2026 (7:55 pm)
  
  Uh, Jake, some of us live at Alki and have cars and driveways.
- Mr. Mullin March 9, 2026 (10:33 pm)
  
  @Jake Limiting criminals limits crime. Full stop.

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