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Monday, June 29, 2009

This Weekend in Crime

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:12 PM

Seattle police were busy this weekend. In addition to a fatal shooting in SoDo and a large melee outside of a party in Greenwood, officer were also called to investigate an attempted rape and kidnapping in South Seattle and a shootout in Pioneer Square involving a stolen SPD handgun.

A woman in her late-teens called police from the South Seattle Goodwill Friday night to report that two men had kidnapped her from a bus stop and attempted to rape her.

According to a police report, the woman was waiting for a bus near Rainier Ave S and S Dearborn at about 8pm when two men approached her from behind and "covered her eyes with an unknown object."

The report says the men then forced her into a vehicle and drove off. The car stopped near 10th ave S and S Dearborn and the men attempted to take off the woman's pants. The woman told police she managed to open the car door and escape. The woman fled to the nearby Goodwill and called 911.

The woman told police one of the men was white and the other was black, but was unable to provide any other details.

Hours later, SPD gang unit detectives were called to the scene of a drive-by shooting near Occidental Park in Pioneer Square. According to a police report, a witness called police at about 1:30 AM report that "two vehicles had crashed and two people were shooting at each other" near the park.

At the scene, a man in his mid-twenties told police that he was climbing into his truck, which was parked near 1st Ave S and S Main St, when he saw another car coming at him. The other vehicle hit his truck and sped off.

It's unclear from the report when exactly shot were fired, but the report says officers recovered several bullet casings and a .40 caliber handgun in an alley. According to the report, the handgun was an SPD issued weapon, stolen two months ago. It appears no one was injured in the shooting.

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gayballs 1
ew.
Posted by gayballs http://www.esoessatanico.blogspot.com on June 29, 2009 at 5:30 PM
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"SPD issued weapon" involved in the shooting. Did they recover the actual weapon or, do they know that from the casings? Get the police report of the stolen department issued weapon Jonah, that would be a fun read.
Posted by JMW on June 29, 2009 at 5:31 PM
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Is there any other background on this "stolen" weapon?

Maybe I just watch too many cop-dramas but I suspect the easiest way to sell firearms on the black market is to grind off serial numbers and report it stolen.

That said, this being an SPD weapon reported stolen, later turning up at a crime scene... well...

Posted by Ackham on June 29, 2009 at 5:34 PM
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If MY "stolen" gun were used in a crime, I would go to jail. But then again, I don't have a badge...
Posted by UnCommonSense on June 29, 2009 at 6:11 PM
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Just wait until Light Rail opens and people get to wait on those stations all night long.

Yeah...exactly.
Posted by Metropolitan Transit Authority on June 29, 2009 at 8:15 PM
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@ 4, BS... if you report your gun stolen you are off the hook as long as it doesn't appear you faked the report to cover up the other crime... similarly if you report your car as sold you aren't responsible for parking tickets issued later (with some minor but important distinctions). -but thanks for making an assumption for the sake of slamming the police.

Ever consider changing your moniker to UnCommonNonSense?
Posted by Lame on June 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
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Police firearms belong in only two places: On the person of a licensed and sworn police officer or securely locked up in a gun safe or lockbox.

Now, exactly how did this particular police weapon come to be stolen?????
Posted by Citizen R on June 30, 2009 at 12:57 AM
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Celebrate divershitty!
Posted by Celebrate Divershitty!!!!!!!!! on June 30, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Josh Bomb 9
@2 reading comprehension, friend.

"the report says officers recovered several bullet casings AND a .40 caliber handgun in an alley."
Posted by Josh Bomb http://www.satanosphere.com on June 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM
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Uh, relax people, JSL just doesn't know how to read a police report... I guess ECB was the expert there.

The gun did not belong to SPD or an SPD Officer, the gun was stolen in the city and reported stolen to SPD. The phrase "SPD Stolen" means that SPD was the agency who listed it stolen in the local/national databases when the owner filed a police report with that agency.
Posted by jsl_should_shoplift_wine_to_learn_about_police_reports on June 30, 2009 at 5:48 PM

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