From the Seattle Police Blotter

Three juvenile suspects, all 17 -year-old males, were arrested Wednesday evening following a drive-by shooting in West Seattle after they crashed the car they were driving. A handgun was recovered at the scene.

Just before 9:30 p.m. officers responded to reports of shots fired at a residence in the 6300 block of 21st Avenue SW.  Witnesses provided officers with a suspect vehicle description and officers located a possible suspect vehicle nearby.  The vehicle fled from officers but crashed a short distance away.  Two of the three occupants were taken into custody at the vehicle, but the third suspect fled on foot.  A few minutes later he was located and arrested after a K-9 track.  That suspect had a 9mm handgun in his possession.

While investigating the incident, officers learned from the victim that the three suspects were known to the victim and had been in a long-standing disagreement with her boyfriend.  The victim also informed officers that approximately ten minutes prior to the shooting incident, the same suspects shot out the back window of a car she and her boyfriend were driving in while on Delridge.  That shooting was not reported to police at the time.  The boyfriend had left the scene prior to the police arrival.

Officers examined the victim’s vehicle and discovered several apparent bullet holes and a damaged rear window.  The scene was processed and the victim’s car was impounded.  There were no reported injuries.

The three suspects were later booked into the Youth Services Center.  Southwest Precinct detectives will handle the follow-up investigation.