By Tim Clifford

Shotgun robbery
An especially frightening burglary took place at a home on the 8100 block of 24 Ave. S.W. when a man climbed through a window armed with a shotgun on April 7.

The suspect climbed came in through a bedroom window and woke two of the victims at gunpoint. Taking them out into the hallway the suspect then found the third victim asleep in another room and ordered them out as well. After rounding up the victims he led them to a bathroom and forced them to lay face-down on the floor. The suspect then began bagging up all of their belongings.

While the suspect was busying himself with the burglary two of the victims climbed out the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s house to call 911. Several units were dispatched to the scene but the suspect had already fled by the time they arrived. The third victim was found unharmed still lying on the bathroom floor.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic or white male in his late 20’s, standing 5’4 with a medium build, wearing black sunglasses, jeans, and a jacket with a Kangol hat (bucket style). The suspect remains at large.

Knife and bat come out during neighborly dispute
A heated argument between two neighbors ended with an arrest in an apartment building on the 700 block of S. Cloverdale St. on April 6. Officers were dispatched to the scene around 4:57 p.m.
The suspect had gone to down the hall to the victim’s apartment and began pounding on his door, demanding he return a mattress and other items. According to the victim when he opened the door he noticed the suspect carrying a bat in one and an open folding knife in the other. The victim quickly brought out the mattress and handed it over.

At this point, according to the victim, the suspect snatched the mattress and lunged at the victim with the knife. A witness inside the victim’s apartment could not confirm if he had seen a knife but did state that he saw a scuffle in the doorway and yelled at both men to settle down.

As police were taking the victim’s statement they were continually interrupted by the suspect’s outbursts from his apartment. When the officers confronted the suspect about the knife allegations he denied trying to stab anybody but confessed to having had the knife on him.

After taking the knife away officers arrested the suspect and booked him into the S.W. Precinct on a charge of Investigation for Assault. The suspect was then transported to the King County Jail. Both the knife and baseball bat were taken into evidence.

Crimes reported between April 3 and April 10

Burglaries by block: 3000 block of California Ave. S.W., 3000 block of S.W. Bradford St., 5900 block of Atlas Pl. S.W., 3200 block of S.W. Raymond St., 6300 block of Delridge WY S.W., 7100 block of 17 Ave. S.W., 4100 block of S.W. Austin St., 2200 block of S.W. Barton St.

Car prowls by block: 3400 block of 34 Ave. S.W., 4500 block of 42 Ave. S.W., 5200 block of 36 Ave. S.W., 2400 block of S.W. Holden St., 8500 block of 37 Ave. S.W., 8800 block of 18 Ave. S.W., Delridge WY S.W./ S.W. Barton St., 8 Ave. S./ S. Cloverdale St.

Car thefts by block: 1700 block of Alki Ave. S.W., 2900 block of Alki Ave. S.W., 3900 block of 39 Ave. S.W., 3200 block of S.W. Avalon WY, 4700 block of 36 Ave. S.W., 42 Ave. S.W./ S.W. Edmunds St., 5900 block of 34 Ave. S.W., 3100 block of S.W. Kenyon St., 9000 block of 20 Ave. S.W., 9300 block of 32 Ave. S.W.