ORIGINAL 3:22 AM SUNDAY REPORT: After several 911 calls about suspected gunfire, police went to 57th SW and Alki Avenue SW and have just reported finding “casings in the roadway.” No reports of injuries or property damage so far.
ADDED NOON MONDAY: We have obtained the report narrative from SPD – redactions are all theirs, as sent to us:
At approximately 03:10 I was dispatched to 57 AV SW / ALKI AV SW for the report of a possible shooting / shots fired.
The original CAD notes read as follows:
”J/O, 15 SHOTS FROM OUTSIDE THE ADDR, FOLLOWED BY PEOPLE RUNNING”
“2 VEH SEEN SPEEDING AWAY EB ON ALKI TOWARDS THE WEST SEATTLE BR”
“:1 MIN AGO, HEARD 12-15 POSS SHOTS, LOOKED OUT, SAW A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE SCATTER IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS”
I arrived on scene at approximately 03:18 hours and was flagged down by a witness in front of 2XXX Alki AV SW. XXXX He stated the following: At approximately (3:05 am) hours he was inside his unit and thought there were fireworks going on outside. As he peeked his head out of the front door, he heard what he described as “bullets whizzing by, through the bushes.” He then observed two vehicles taking off eastbound on Alki AV, with one appearing to be chasing the other.
Shortly after they passed, two more vehicles followed closely behind. He stated he had a really difficult time trying to decipher what the makes and models of the vehicles were as it was dark and they were passing at an extremely high rate of speed. He estimated the speed to be 70-80 mph. His best guess at the types of vehicles were a dark colored XXXX.
Backing units blocked off Alki AV from 57th AV SW to 56th AV SW. In this block there were XXX Fired Cartridge Casings / Fragments recovered broken down as follows: XXXX Fragments. The XXXX and fragments spent were evenly distributed throughout the block, making it difficult to determine the origin location for the incident. However, there was a decent amount of broken glass from what could be the window of a vehicle, found just east 57th AV SW on the north side on ALKI.
A single impact location was found at 2XXX Alki Av SW Unit XXXX. It hit the glass panel of a balcony railing. Nobody inside the unit was hurt or heard / witnessed the incident.
While canvassing the area, Ofc XXXX was flagged down by a passerby who stated that she had video of the suspect’s car, which was captured XXXX An Axon link was sent to retrieve that footage.
Photos were taken and uploaded to Evidence.com. The XXXX / Fragments were photographed, logged, and placed into evidence. All available possible camera locations were recorded by and placed into Ofc XXXX supplement.
See photos in a comment below regarding bullet damage.
It was a big shootout a block and a half away from my apartment (between 56 & 57th). Around 21 shots. I thought they hit the side of my building but the sound was glass falling from the patio above mine. I went outside and my neighbor in the building past ours was walking up. These two cars raced by. We hid behind the evergreen. Two more cars chased them. We walked down to see if everyone was OK. The neighbor had his gun out. We were hiding from passing cars. No one was hurt. The neighbor flagged the first responding cruiser down. He was able to tell the cop the make of each car. Even though I watched them race off, I couldn’t say what they were. The neighbor had been washing his walkway and went in to get a joint. When he reached the door the shooting started. He heard two bullets wiz by. Marijuana saved his life.
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