WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Stolen car abandoned outside WSHS

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(Added: Reader photo)

9 AM: Thanks for the tips. Police were at West Seattle High School this morning investigating a stolen car crashed and abandoned on the south side of the ~~parking lot~~ campus.The car, a gray Kia Soul, turned out to have been stolen from someone in Seaview; police were reported to be bringing the owner there. Police were dispatched around 7:30 this morning, but whoever had been driving the stolen Kia was gone by then. (If you have any information, the police report # is 26-76480.)

10:22 AM: Added above, photo sent by another reader (thank you!).

Marcus March 20, 2026 (9:04 am)

If there was a camera monitoring the street, maybe a description of the driver could be recorded to build a profile of the car thief’s in our area.

Ercolini March 20, 2026 (10:54 am)

They also crashed through a yard at 49th and Alaska at 1:55am. Followed by what appears to be a white Toyota SUV (RAV4 or Grand Highlander).

Laura March 20, 2026 (2:21 pm)

For what it’s worth, it wasn’t abandoned in a parking lot. The people that stole it drove it up the concrete ramp to the main entrance of the school and rammed it into the iron gates in front of the school. It was originally left on the sidewalk in front of the school, wrapped around a concrete pillar and the iron gates. They may have been trying to break through the gates and into the front of the school itself.

WSB March 20, 2026 (2:44 pm)

Sorry, I didn’t have a photo when I wrote this and that’s the best description I could muster. South side of the campus would have been better, will do a strikeover.