April 2023

Information from Seattle Police Blotter

by Detective Judinna Gulpan 

Several witnesses called 911 just before 12:00 p.m. to report a shooting in the 4500 block of 42nd Avenue Southwest today.

Police arrived and learned there was a disturbance, involving a knife and a firearm. A 24-year-old victim was found with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. 

Officers provided aid to the victim and Seattle Fire took over medical care once they arrived. The victim was later transported to Harborview Medical Center. 

Police recovered a semi-automatic handgun and evidence of a shooting at the scene. 

A 29-year-old male suspect was arrested for assault and will be booked into King County Jail. 

Ka’Don Micheal Brown’s death is a mystery.

Nearly 21, he was a young man who loved music, video games, and basketball, and he often played at the Southwest Athletic Complex (SWAC) on Thistle Street in West Seattle. He especially loved football, basketball and spending time with his family.

Ka'Don was born at Providence Hospital "He was a very happy baby into music even at the age of 1. He would sit up at the keyboard with his father." his mother Maxine Brooks said.

“He was kind and generous,” as Maxine described him, “ He once gave a homeless man his coat and some money…He said, ‘Mom you can always get me another coat.”

Information from District 1 City Councilmember Lisa Herbold

The US Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed cleanup plan for the East Waterway. A 60-day public comment period begins on April 28. The cleanup area stretches one mile and covers 157 acres. It is located immediately downstream and north of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site, along the east side of Harbor Island, as shown below:

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce celebrated a century with a gala party at the Admiral Theater on April 27. Among the strongest chambers in the state it has more than 250 members and is deeply involved in the promotion of business in the community. 

The first chamber of commerce was founded in 1599 in Marseille, France, as the "Chambre de Commerce". Another official chamber of commerce followed 65 years later, probably in Bruges, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. The West Seattle Chamber is not the oldest in the US.  The Chamber of Commerce in Charleston, S.C. Back of postcard reads: "The oldest Chamber of Commerce in the United States. Founded in 1773. 

information from Seattle Police Blotter

by Detective Judinna Gulpan on April 26, 2023 5:50 pm

Police responding to a triggered alarm in West Seattle found forced entry into a business Tuesday morning.  

Just before 6:00 a.m., officers arrived in 3500 block of SW Avalon Way and found a smashed window at Taco Time.

A safe within the business had been cut open, and staff confirmed money stored in the safe had been taken.

Prior to this alarm, officers responded to three other locations Sunday morning:

When you plant a garden it becomes a labor of love. It takes time, attention, patience and lots of water. 

For Lorrie, whose garden in the Genesee Hill neighborhood. it's something she and her late husband would often stop to enjoy. "We'd have dinner and beer and just pause and enjoy it," she said. 

by Detective Judinna Gulpan 

Police received a 911 call from a woman who was assaulted then robbed of her purse earlier this month in the Ballard neighborhood.  

On April 15th at approximately 2:00 a.m., the victim was attempting to go home when she was approached by a man claiming he had seen her at a nearby bar and tried to talk to her. After his advances were denied, the man grabbed the woman’s purse causing her to be thrown onto the street.   

The male suspect was last seen running away southbound on 20th Avenue Northwest.   

Seattle Fire Department responded and provided aid to the victim for an injury sustained from the fall.   

The suspect was described to be a white male with multiple tattoos on his neck and hands including a tattoo near his left eye. He was seen wearing a red jacket and white baseball cap.