Tricia sent the report and photo:

2001 Jeep Cherokee, Green, 4-door, license plate CHM7207

Stolen by breaking a window. 12/12/24. Back bumper cover has a dent in it

Last location 31st Ave SW/Roxbury.

Call 911 if you find it; refer to police incident #24-348575.

Two incidents in West Seattle Crime Watch:

COFFEE STAND BURGLARY: After hearing a bit about this on police radio earlier today, we requested the report narrative from SPD. An employee arriving at the Mighty Mugs drive-up coffee stand on West Marginal Way SW just north of Highland Park Way after 4 am this morning saw a broken window and an intruder inside. So she went elsewhere and called police. Nearby, they found a 21-year-old woman who told officers she had broken the coffee-stand window to get in because she was cold. Police went in and reported the interior looked ransacked. They say they found the suspect to be in possession of a container of what tested out as meth; they took her to jail but the booking was declined because of “drug intoxication.” So she was taken to Harborview instead.

CARJACKING ATTEMPT? We also asked SPD about a call early Tuesday labeled as a possible carjacking attempt. Here’s what the report says: Around 6:11 am, a woman called 911 and met police near California/Admiral to report what happened. She said she was driving on SW Hanford at California when she saw a man “sprinting down the sidewalk” before he ran in front of her car, “causing her to stop in the travel lane.” The report narrative continues, “The suspect then approached the driver-side door. (The driver) advised it appeared that the suspect was possibly going for her driver-side door. She then kept driving northbound on California Av SW, called 911, and stood by for officers.” She described the suspect as a white man in his 30s, thin, 6′, blonde hair, wearing a black puffy jacket and black pants, last seen running northbound on California. The driver said he did not say anything to her but had “something in his hands.” Officers searched the area but didn’t find anyone.

Two reader reports this afternoon:

STOLEN PRIUS: T says this theft happened in the Alki area:

We live in Port Townsend and was bummed after staying first night in West Seattle. I mistakenly left my keys in my coat in our silver Prius parked on 56th SW. My husband used his FOB to lock the car at about 8 pm Dec 3rd. We went out 5:30 am to meet my son who was scheduled for his open heart surgery at 6 am at U of W. and the car was gone!!! We were calling police, geico and for a cab – so stressful. The car has a yellow and black bumper sticker “Save a Nurse – Wear a Mask” and “Vote for Ammunition Control.” Also, my key ring is obviously gone – has anyone found a set of keys that has a painter’s palette on it?

We’ll add the plate and report numbers when we get them. (SUNDAY UPDATE: Plate AYF6993 and case number 24-341102.)

PORCH PROWLER: Sent by a Morgan Junction resident:

This guy was on our porch rummaging around at 1:15 this morning. He left behind an orange electric plug adapter and a blue collar for a cat or small dog.

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.