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- SPD report on 23/Union shooting: According to the police report on last Thursday’s shooting inside Earl’s Cuts at 23rd and Union, witnesses inside the barber shop “did not come forward” and “would not cooperate” with the investigation after a man suffered gunshots to both legs:
Police are still looking for the suspect captured on security video leaving the scene. The victim suffered serious but not life threatening injuries in the incident. - E Pike threats: A man who had been threatening concert goers with a knife as they lined up for a show at Neumos was apprehended by police without incident. Police were called to the area around 10th and Pike on Monday, October 24th around 9 PM and found the man standing nearby after a short search. Victims told police the man had been making threatening remarks and waving around a knife:
The man was booked into jail for harassment and unlawful use of weapons. The arresting officer recommended the man’s case be referred to mental health court. - Burglar dresses up like hospital employee: A man apprehended by security after breaking in to First Hill’s Virginia Mason was dressed up as a doctor and carrying bags full of allegedly stolen goods, according to the police report on his early morning October 28th arrest. According to police, the burglary suspect tried his best to look the part:
He was caught with several items including multiple phones, DVDs, “doctor’s equipment,” taxi vouchers, an envelope of patient information, and a hatchet police believed he used to bust into desks.
Police also found a tin on the man containing what was later determined to be crack cocaine. He was arrested and booked into jail for investigation of drug possession. - First Hill IT burglary: Another First Hill burglar made off with thousand in electronics in an overnight October 18th heist at Madison’s Nordstrom Tower.
Police say they aren’t sure how the suspect accessed an IT department storage room on the building’s 5th floor. - Midtown robbery: Police are investigating an assault reported in the Midtown Center parking lot the afternoon of Monday, October 24th as a robbery after the victim said she was struck by a man who also threatened to shoot her:
Seattle Fire was called to the 23rd and Union location to treat the victim for a cut to the mouth.
Re: 23rd and Union shooting at Earl’s. This is one surefire way to guarantee that no one in the surrounding neighborhood will bat an eye when that whole block is leveled to make way for a bland, soulless apartment complex with a Supercuts on the ground floor.
At the end of the day, most people will choose gentrification over random gun violence and a “no snitching” attitude.
Seeing as the suspect walked in and clearly targeted the victim, I should have omitted random and simply left it at gun violence.
Just wait until some money is offered and they all are proud to help the police catch the bad dude.
It’s really unfortunate that the “no snitching” ethos has become embedded in Black culture. The end result is that serious crimes go unsolved. I’ll bet at least one person in that barber shop knows exactly who the shooter is.
Some excuse this lack of cooperation by saying that witnesses are afraid of retaliation if they cooperate. That’s BS…..they can do so anonymously if they wish.