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- Central District shootout: A chaotic scene involving “two involved vehicles and multiple suspects shooting at each other” sent people scurrying for cover in a Wednesday afternoon shootout at 29th and Columbia. There were no reported injuries and, while at least two people were detained, there were apparently no arrests in the incident. The full SPD report on the incident is below.According to the report, one person who was detained told police he was driving in the area when another vehicle opened fire on him. The man — listed as the victim in the report, below — told police he returned fire. It isn’t clear what led to the exchange of gunfire.In a Facebook post, a bystander described some of the chaos as he and his child were caught in the crossfire:
I was a block from my house, across the street from Golden Wheat Bakery. I heard a loud pow-pow-pow and thought, geez, those are some loud fireworks. Then I heard loud ping-ping-ping from the lamp post next to me, and I realized that those were bullets, a few feet from head. I ducked down, and called 911. Couldn’t get through. People were running everywhere, away from a spot down the street, near the food bank, which is also where the shots seemed to be coming from. When it seemed over, I stood up, and walked over to a few neighbors who had witnessed the moment. We discussed the event, as if we were talking about something long ago, in shock I suppose. Then we saw two teenagers run out of an alley nearby, and take off east. One seemed to have something under his shirt. I genuinely don’t know if they were involved, or they were just other people running away from the shooting. The police called me (calling my number back after the earlier attempted 911 call). I told them about what was happening, and they let me know it had been reported and police were on there way. The police arrived after, three or four cars. One of the cops had an enormous black gun, like something out of a future war film. It genuinely frightened me.The full SPD report on the bizarre incident is below.
- 15/Madison DUI: The daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Seattle has been charged with driving under the influence after being pulled over in a traffic stop Tuesday night just before 11 PM at 15th and Madison. Rebecca Blume has pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on $2,500 bail. A Seattle Police spokesperson said there was no collision in the incident but that police pulled the 27-year-old over after noticing a traffic infraction and mechanical issue with a vehicle. The officer recognized signs of impairment and the driver was booked for investigation of DUI. Blume is currently an Iowa City, Iowa resident where she works in marketing for an online automotive sales site, according to her Linkedin profile. Blume’s parents Bruce and Ann Blume are the Democratic donors who have hosted Barack Obama for fundraisers at their Lake Washington shorefront home.
- Jackson crash: The driver in last week’s high speed crash near 23rd and Jackson has not been booked, according to SPD. The driver who as being evaluated for impairment was hospitalized following the crash. We’ll follow up to find out if there will be an arrest once he is ready to be released from the hospital.
We must condemn a community that does not “snitch” on the thugs who fire illegal guns in our society. The air of secrecy is the problem. Turn these losers in.
If you need help with these criminal elements, I could help
Not necessarily. Some people likely consider that this is what happened when other people called the police and thus refrain from doing so themselves.
The code of silence within police departments is definitely concerning. The sooner good police start speaking out about misconduct on the part of bad police, the sooner the police will regain public trust.
I agree with Sinclair….the “no snitch” ethic is deeply ingrained among some elements of our society, and is a major reason why alot of crimes go unsolved. Any fear of retaliation is unfounded….citizens can report what they know anonymously.
And Phil, I agree with you about the police “code of silence,” but you are changing the subject of Sinclair’s comment.
Murray is a joke on crime. A few cameras on and around light poles at 23rd and Union, 23rd and Cherry and 23rd and Jackson would help in ID’ing a lot of these thugs. Adding some cameras near the trouble houses on 25th and Spring would help too in actually compiling some evidence on these thugs. I mean these misunderstood, wayward children.
Over the last 2 years there’s been a huge increase in open-air gun battles.
Nothing will happen though until some innocent bystanders are killed. The clock is ticking on that. Maybe this weekend? Just in time for christmas. Oh well, as long as it’s not me, right?
On May 24, 2012 Justin Ferrari was shot in the head and killed while driving his car just one block from where this latest shooting occurred. In the car with him were his two young children and his parents. He died right there in his fathers arms.
http://www.king5.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/03/13136510/
Still we endure countless shooting in the neighborhoods and parks of the CD. These occur at any place and any time.
Does our representative Sawant have anything, anything, to say about even a single one of these countless events other that “tax the rich”? We need someone to champion getting an actual plan and resources to address these issues. Can we hear something substantive from her as I don’t think her empty, divisive rhetoric is likely to be effective in making any headway on this issue.
Sorry, but Sawant doesn’t actually care about this district. Her ambitions and focus are on moving her political career beyond Seattle. She has made that painfully obvious her entire time in office.
Sawant talks the talk,but she is’nt gonna do the walk.Publicity is her game
Until????
right – and that was so heartbraking and soul-crushing. yet it seems to have not led to any structural changes – more cops, more cameras, a police station at 23rd and Union perhaps.? Any ideas, any one?
It seems that this new round of gun violence seems more brazen and reckless. a few months ago i was at Chucks and there was one raging past on the street – 2 cars riding up Union towards Broadway. Then the killing on 22nd and Union in the middle of the night. The 4th of July shooting at Judkins. Then just recently on Broadway – and the list goes on and on. i’m missing a bunch of them, i know.
I really dont see any changes unless some more civilian deaths or injuries pile up. is that what Murray is waiting for?
We have the rainbow crosswalks and buttloads of new development. That’s supposed to make life better for us all, right?
Real crime is not something Murray can deal with.Until we get a Mayor who will roll up his sleeves and sit down and talk with his Chief of Police and the Watch commanders.Not a thing will change on the Hill
What does it take to handle this? Who has experience with clearing such type of crime from other parts of this or other cities?
Nobody now that the police are seen as the bad guys.
How utterly sad and pathetic that it becomes news when there are shots fired and it is unusual that this time at least, no one is hurt. What is going on with our elected representatives and law enforcement? Oh, that’s right — it is more important for our Council members to waste their time composing pro-Islam declarations.
I fall on my knees every night to thank God we have protection. We’d all be dead without the police. We’d all be laying in our beds with our throats cut from ear to ear.
Say a rosary for the police force.