Reader reports in West Seattle Crime Watch:

CARS PROWLED: Sent by Marjon:

Last night around 1:20 all the cars parked on the street in my block were ransacked. A car slowly went down 31st in between SW Holden and SW Webster. Our rRing camera captured when they hit my husband’s truck at 1:21. They took his prescription sunglasses and his ice scraper. My husband says that they knew what they were doing because his truck was locked and the alarm was on. I know that they hit our neighbors in the house next to us and the camera captured them going to the car on the other side of our street.

PORCH PROWLERS: The first photo and report are from a Gatewood resident:

Roughly around 3:00 PM today at the intersection of 37th and Southern, I saw a blue Hyundai Tucson 4D hatchback drive slowly northbound on 37th and pull to a stop. A man (30ish, beard, medium build, possibly Middle Eastern or Indian heritage) got out of the car, keeping windows down, and proceeded to walk empty handed to my neighbor’s house where what appeared to be a large parcel was on the steps.

I confronted him from a safe distance asking why he was there. He said “I’m working for the guy.” I asked, “which guy — what’s his name?” and the man shouted an expletive, jumped in his car, and drove off westbound on Southern St. Oddly enough, the box on my neighbor’s steps was empty, just covering a planter. Police Incident: #24-342558

The second is from B:

7 am visit from this sketchy individual in Highland Park (Wednesday) morning. I think the click and light from the camera turning on spooked them.

And a reminder if you see this before 6:30 pm – tonight’s the night for the quarterly Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Council meeting at the precinct (2300 SW Webster).

2:15 PM: The 15-year-old boy shot and killed in the 6400 block of 30th SW late last night was a Chief Sealth International High School student. That’s according to a message sent to CSIHS families by principal Ray Morales and forwarded to us.

It is with deep sympathy that we share difficult news with you today. Early this morning, December 5th, a student from our school community passed away in one of our West Seattle neighborhoods. Our thoughts are with the family as they navigate this heartbreaking loss. Although many students and staff are aware of the student’s name, we will not be sharing it at this time since it has not been made public. Once the public becomes aware of the student’s identity, we ask that you respect their privacy. …

Official identification would come from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, possibly later this afternoon. He would be the second CSIHS student shot to death this year, after Mobarak Adam, also 15, killed at Southwest Teen Life Center/Pool in January. Last night’s deadly shooting was the seventh non-vehicular homicide in West Seattle this year; last year there were six.

3:31 PM: The name circulating among students is on this afternoon’s daily identified-decedents list released by the KCMEO – 15-year-old Sudaysi Ida. But the KCMEO lists his cause of death and manner of death as “pending.”

Following up on the man arrested for allegedly robbing the Westwood Village McDonald’s last week – he isn’t charged in that case yet, but he’s being held on another case in which he is charged (that’s the warrant we mentioned the night of the arrest). He’s 36-year-old Cody L. Bowlin, charged back in October 2023 with three counts of ID theft linked to a stolen purse and attempts to use stolen cards at businesses in Burien. The case has a lengthy trail – he didn’t show up for his initial arraignment in late October of last year, so a warrant was issued. He was finally back in custody in January, but released to an alternative program after two weeks, with orders to report withn 24 hours. He never showed. Another warrant was issued in May; he wound up in custody in June and was sent to treatment in Spokane. He was released to another alternative program in July, and never showed up for that, so another warrant was issued in August. That’s what he was arrested on last week, besides the alleged robbery (after which, police say, they recovered the screwdriver he allegedly used as a weapon, plus the stolen cash box and “a plethora of burglary tools”). His current bail for the ID theft case is set at $15,000. Court records show no previous felony cases against him in King County.

Police are responding to a report of mail theft a short time ago. According to the dispatch, two or three trays of mail are reported to have been stolen from a USPS truck near 42nd/Graham. The thief/thieves are reported to be in a white Lincoln SUV with Florida plates, possibly a “rental vehicle” per dispatch. Call 911 if you have any info.

Police are investigating an incident Sunday morning that was initially reported as a stabbing and is also categorized as a robbery. They were called to an apartment building in the 3200 block of SW Avalon Way and found a 29-year-old man with one stab wound to his abdomen. According to the report narrative we obtained from SPD, the victim’s girlfriend had called them and said it happened two hours earlier. The victim himself couldn’t provide details when SPD and SFD initially talked with him, but the girlfriend said he had encountered the attacker in the alley behind the complex and that the man tried to rob him, saying to “give him everything.” The victim refused, his girlfriend said, so the would-be robber stabbed him and ran away. The victim subsequently went to a friend’s apartment, where he met up with his girlfriend, and they called 911 two hours later. Police eventually were able to talk with the victim at the hospital, and he told them it actually happened around 2 am, as he walked back to the building from the 35th/Avalon 7-Eleven, and that the attacker/would-be robber asked him for a dollar before stabbing him. He said he delayed calling 911 because he was trying to “tough it out.” The only description he provided, per the police narrative, was “possibly a light skinned or white male, wearing a hoodie drawn tight around his face, with a dark-colored vest on top.” If you have any information, the SPD # is 24-338436.

Two more reader reports in West Seattle Crime Watch:

CAR PROWLER ON VIDEO: Chris sent the video from Seaview, explaining, “At 04:33 last night this bundle of holiday cheer broke into my truck and stole a small bag of tools. Good reminder not to leave anything in your vehicle.” Placeholder report #, pending permanent SPD number, is T00018216.

MAIL-THEFT ALERT: Received via text:

I wanted to let the residents know of mail theft along 16th Ave SW in West Seattle. The same street as South Seattle Community College. Our mail boxes are left open and again I caught someone at 6 a.m. going in mail boxes, I yelled, and he cursed me out and ran into a waiting white small sedan. He had on a black jacket with a hood. They come between 12 and 6:30 a.m. – please check your mail daily!!!

Two vehicle reports this morning:

STOLEN PICKUP TRUCK: The photo and report are from Brian:

Our truck was just stolen last night in the Diamond parking lot behind Puerto Vallarta! 1987 Ford F-250 single cab.

We’ll add the plate number when we get it.

ABANDONED BLUE HYUNDAI: The photo and report are from Maya:

My husband and I were out walking our dogs and came upon this car, still running in the alleyway on Juneau between 34th and 35th. Door locks had been broken and obviously stolen. California plates, blue Hyundai. Has been reported to SPD, but maybe someone will recognize it.

They saw it around 8:30, so it may have since been moved/towed – if so and it’s yours, check with police.

Thanks to Blair for the tip. This was the scene outside Bang Bar Thai Restaurant in The Junction this morning – its planters were broken into pieces across the doorway. Nobody was around when we went by for the photo so we don’t have additional details yet.

8:18 PM: Police are at 27th/Roxbury, where they’ve just taken into custody a suspect in a robbery reported a short time ago at the Westwood Village McDonald’s. An employee told them the robber threatened to kill them with a screwdriver while making off with a “cash box.” The employee chased the suspect and police caught up with both the victim and suspect.

8:27 PM: According to police-radio exchanges, the suspect is 36 and has an arrest warrant in an ID theft case. Police are still searching the vicinity, looking for cash from the robbery.

Sent by Brooke:

My 1989 Toyota 4Runner Truck was stolen sometime between 1:00-4:00 AM Tuesday, November 26 from the corner of Othello and 31st

Please call 911 if you see it – there has been a police report filed. Or call me at 907-229-6819.

We’ll add the police report and plate numbers when we get them.

(Texted photo)

ORIGINAL REPORT, 8:03 PM TUESDAY: Thanks to everyone who texted about a big police response on the west side of California SW north of Alaska. We just talked to SPD at the scene. They explained that a man was being disruptive – including banging on windows as if he was going to break them – and then fled when officers tried to catch up with them; once they did, a struggle ensued, so they called for backup, and that’s why the big response. The suspect eventually was taken into custody, SPD says, and will be booked for investigation of obstruction and trespassing (police say he had been kicked out of at least one business).

ADDED 1:50 PM TUESDAY: We obtained narrative from SPD. They say the original call was for a man at Alaska/California “running in and out of the street, punching nearby cars …” When the first officer arrived, they tried to talk to the 24-year-old suspect, but he took off running. The officer chased and caught him, but he continued resisting, which is when backup was summoned. Police subsequently were told that the suspect had bee causing “disturbances at multiple businesses,” the narrative says, including a bar where he was asked to leave but refused (and ultimately was escorted out), and reportedly took a swing at an employee. At another business, he reportedly got kicked out and the employees locked the door behind him. The narrative says he was taken to jail by AMR ambulance and tried to spit on the crew. He was booked into jail for investigation of Municipal Code violations for resisting arrest, obstructing a public officer, and criminal trespass.

1:31 PM: Police and fire are responding to a report of two people stabbed at 30th/Cambridge [map], just west of Roxhill Park. Updates to come.

1:35 PM: Police are looking for at least one vehicle in connection with this – described as a newer silver SUV, possibly a Nissan Murano. They confirm there are two victims, describing as “one in a fight that got stabbed, one who we’re interviewing right now.”

1:44 PM: SFD has reduced its response size; we’ll be checking with them regarding conditions. No further info from police yet regarding suspect(s)/circumstances.

1:47 PM: Police have just said the suspect(s) and victims in this “are all juveniles” and they’ve checked the parking lots at nearby schools but no sign of the involved vehicle.

2:02 PM: They are looking for a teenage girl and apparently have her name.

2:50 PM: SFD says its medics treated a 17-year-old girl who was in stable condition when taken to the hospital and a 15-year-old girl with “minor injuries” who did not want to go to a hospital.

ADDED 5:17 PM: We followed up with SPD too. Det. Eric Muñoz noted, “There is a family relationship between the suspect and stabbing victim, making this a domestic violence-related incident. Another female juvenile victim sustained minor injuries (scratches); and was treated on scene. Video surveillance was obtained by officers. The weapon used was not located. The 16-year-old suspect fled the scene and was not located. Police are actively searching for her. Police are also looking for another involved male suspect; his involvement in this incident is under investigation.”

6:28 PM: SPD confirms the suspect has just been arrested.

Two reader reports so far today:

ROCK THROWN: From T:

I live at an apartment on Edmunds and 42nd Ave SW. About 3:15 am, a rock was thrown into our sliding glass door and shattered it. It landed in my dog’s bowl and broke that too. There is glass all over the living room – I was asleep on the couch when this happened.

If anyone saw anything, a police report has been filed.

The temporary number for that is T00017786.

DUMPED TABLETS: Sent by M:

Wanted to let readers know that I found 2 tablets dumped in the street near 35th & Trenton this morning.
One was a kid’s and one was an adult’s, based on the cases. The adult’s tablet seems to still function. The kid’s one seems damaged though. If they can identify the brand of the tablet and describe the cases, happy to get them reunited with the owner!

Email or text us and we’ll connect you.

Sent by LDP this morning:

Reporting a stolen 2017 Lexus RX – gray. License plate ending in 281. Has a child’s car seat in back. Per video we obtained, stolen near Petco in the Alaska Junction area on 41st at 1 am on Thursday, November 21st. Thief who stole the vehicle was dropped off by what looks like a white sedan. Appreciate everyone keeping an eye out for it. Still no word from police about the whereabouts of the vehicle. But please do call 911 if you see it.

We’ll add the SPD incident # for reference when we get it.

12:54 PM: Sent by Barb:

I am writing to report a pair of high-end, carbon-fiber kayaks were stolen from across the street from Lincoln Park two weeks ago. I have attached photos of them. They are worth, used, about 2k apiece. They are in good condition and there is a reward being offered for information of $500 to anyone who gives the name of the thief and their location to the police or myself, leading to their recovery. They are both 16′ long. One is a Sega Revenge and the other is a Steller 16.5.

You can reach Barb at 206.851.6244.

5:09 PM: Here’s her SPD incident number – 24-331535.

1:50 AM: Police are converging on the 35th/Avalon 7-11 after a report of yet another holdup. The only description so far: Four robbers, Black, male, black clothing, black masks, at least one armed, last seen heading eastbound on Avalon in a “silver sedan.”

12:08 PM: Here’s the SPD summary of this robbery:

At 0144 hours, walked in the 7-11 located at the 3200 BLK of SW Avalon Wy. The clerk was in the freezer area. A suspect with a long gun walked up to the clerk and put him at gunpoint. The suspects demanded that the clerk unlock the money bin. The suspects took over $150.00 from the till and Swishers. The suspects left Eastbound on SW Avalon Wy. Officers quickly arrived, and secured the scene. Fingerprints were lifted from the scene, and the SPD Robbery Unit was notified. Guardian 1 wasn’t in service.

The three suspects arrested Friday night, hours after a robbery rampage including two West Seattle holdups, are now charged. And documents accompanying the charges say two of them are under investigation for three West Seattle 7-11 robberies, too. And those documents confirm the “11-year-old” is actually a few years older.

First – 21-year-old Tyzavius Holmes of Top Hat and 19-year-old Amarri Lard of Auburn are each charged with four counts of first-degree robbery for the four holdups on Friday morning, including the Space Age gas station at 35th/Holden and the Fauntleroy Shell station; the last one is the one for which the charging documents feature these images (and many others from the series).

The charging documents say Holmes had only been out of jail a month in relation to other matters:

Mr. Holmes’s criminal history includes convictions for Theft of Motor Vehicle (2024); Possession of Stolen Property in the Second Degree (2024); Identity Theft in the Second Degree (2024); Attempted Robbery in the Second Degree (Juvenile – 2021 x2); Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the Second Degree (Juvenile – 2019); Robbery in the First Degree (Juvenile – 2019); Residential Burglary (Juvenile – 2018); Assault in the Fourth Degree (2024); Theft in the Third Degree (2024 x2; Juvenile – 2018); and Vehicle Prowling in the Second Degree (2024). Mr. Holmes was released from the King County Jail on October 11, 2024, after being sentenced for three felonies and four gross misdemeanors.

Lard had no conviction history, prosecutors say. The probable-cause documents filed with the charging papers say the two also are suspected in the November 2nd Admiral 7-11 robbery, the November 7th Junction 7-11 robbery, and the November 13th Avalon 7-11 robbery; those cases are still being reviewed for possible charges. Adult suspects Lard and Holmes remain in jail in lieu of $400,000 bail, with arraignment set for December 4.

The juvenile suspect is described in these documents as 13, not 11, in line with what we found when researching his background earlier this week (as reported here) – he turns 14 tomorrow. He’s charged (as a juvenile, so we are not publishing his name) with four counts of first-degree robbery plus one count of making a false statement to a public official, for lying about his name and age after his arrest on Friday. He remains in secure detention pending arraignment tomorrow (Thursday).