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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Crime Man Says "No" to Being Robbed at Gunpoint

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:18 PM

Posted by news intern Marley Zeno

Following the zeitgeisty trend of violent robberies gripping Seattle, on Sunday, December 4, police were called to investigate an attempted armed robbery near the Seattle University campus shortly after 1:00 a.m.

According to the police report, two men were walking north on 11th Avenue between Alder and Terrace Street when a stranger, described as "mid-twenties, blondish bushy hair wearing a dark snowboarding jacket," passed them on the sidewalk. The bushy-haired man then turned around and allegedly pointed a gun at the couple and demanded "Give me your money!"

One of the victims told police he turned around—perhaps to flee?—and saw two more men standing behind him who appeared to be accomplices in the robbery.

So the victim pulled his friend behind him, yelled "No, No!" then "pulled out a dark colored folding knife and held it out towards" the gun-wielding robber.

Perhaps a stupid move—bringing a knife to a gunfight—but it worked: the suspect and his accomplices ran away southbound on 11th Avenue and the victims ran the other way—onto the Seattle University campus.

Once there, the two used a campus security phone to call for help. (The report doesn't mention if they're students of the university, and there's no explanation why they used a campus security phone instead of their cell phones to call 911.) Campus security then called the police. Officers searched the area and found a man matching the suspect's description near the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Jefferson Street. When questioned by police he "stated he had a gun in his left pocket." Police recovered a .380 Kel-Tek from the man, along with a magazine. He was then positively identified by the victims he allegedly tried to rob. Police booked him into King County Jail for investigation of robbery.

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"Police recovered a .380 Kal Tek from the man, along with a magazine clip."

You do know that a magazine and a clip are two different things right?

Posted by Akbar Fazil on December 8, 2011 at 3:30 PM

The gun is a Keltec. One word.

Posted by SchmuckyTheCat on December 8, 2011 at 3:30 PM

@2 Schumcky...the company who makes it seems to disagree:
http://www.kel-tec-cnc.com/

Posted by Akbar Fazil on December 8, 2011 at 3:32 PM

What a dumb motherf'r. He got lucky. Never a good idea to say no to someone with a gun.

Posted by Placibo Domingo on December 8, 2011 at 3:34 PM

White people and their gun crimes... when will they ever learn?

Posted by TheVripper on December 8, 2011 at 3:35 PM

Is this an actual increase in said crimes? Or is it just the quantity dropped for a while and we're now returning to more normal levels? Or has the population here actually increased (hint: it has) and/or has the age of likely offenders just happened to match the boomlet moving thru the population?

The 50s were a time of teen pregnancy and gangs, not picket fences and safety, in case you were confused from watching Fox News.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 8, 2011 at 3:36 PM

@1, that was my fault, not Marley's, and it's been corrected. Thanks!

Posted by Cienna Madrid on December 8, 2011 at 3:38 PM

@cienna. Thank you. It is unfortunately one of the few things I am anal about ;)

Posted by Akbar Fazil on December 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM

True story - my friend and his friend (both males) were robbed in DC awhile back, and my friend gave the gun-weilding robber his wallet. His friend opened his own wallet and took out the money and gave it to the robber. Once my friend saw that his friend had not given the robber his actual wallet, my friend had the guts to say "hey, if he gets to keep his wallet, I want to keep mine!" Believe it or not the robbed gave the wallet back, sans cash. Haha.

Posted by abomb on December 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM

Although if you would like to be proper on everything, the gun name should be a Kel-Tec.

Posted by Akbar Fazil on December 8, 2011 at 3:40 PM

The robber was probably afraid that cheap POS Kel-Tec would blow up in his face if he tried to fire it.

Posted by Geni on December 8, 2011 at 3:40 PM

@3, fine, it still doesn't have an A in it.

Posted by SchmuckyTheCat on December 8, 2011 at 3:43 PM

@everyone regarding correct gun spellings: We were copying the police report verbatim, there, so blame SPD.

But you'll be happy to know I've updated the post to read "Kel-Tec" thanks to all the input from you anal-retentive darlings!

Posted by Cienna Madrid on December 8, 2011 at 3:48 PM

Re Kel-Tec, etc.,: It must really suck to have a freakishly small penis.

Posted by DMonaghan on December 8, 2011 at 3:50 PM

I would hand over my wallet if I thought there was a five percent chance of getting shot for refusing.

Posted by yuiop on December 8, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Maybe the cops should stop wasting time harassing Occupy and get back to doing their jobs?

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 8, 2011 at 4:15 PM

The couple is extremely lucky to be alive. Reminds me of another incident involving a ex-Seattle resident who wasn't so lucky when faced with this situation in NYC:

http://seattlest.com/2005/01/28/nicole_d…

RIP Nicole :(

Posted by mookie on December 8, 2011 at 4:18 PM

I thought it was funny that the article assumes that EVERYONE has a cell phone.
Maybe they did and it just needed a good charge.

Posted by JonnyH on December 8, 2011 at 4:29 PM

reminds me of this incident which was just after a similar attempt some 23 hours before, a block and a half east, also near a pay-parking lot an w/a comparable getaway car.

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on December 8, 2011 at 4:36 PM

The Kel-Tek is not a "cheap POS." They actually have a pretty good reputation.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on December 8, 2011 at 4:37 PM

Those bad Teutons.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on December 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM

i know that area well, lived on 11th and terrace, crime is not new to the area, there have been shootings and muggings around there for years

Posted by hans millionaire on December 8, 2011 at 4:58 PM

They are very damn lucky.

Posted by Simone on December 8, 2011 at 5:14 PM

@18 -- re: mobile phone ubiquity... I had a related thought about television's Emergency Broadcast System... Shouldn't they figure out a way to push out text messages, um, "in the event of an actual emergency".

Posted by Punditwatch on December 8, 2011 at 5:28 PM

Cell phone ownership in the US is about 85% of over-18s. So many millions of people don't own one, maybe as many as 50 million (under-18s are less likely to have them).

Posted by Fnarf

on December 8, 2011 at 5:42 PM

Wow idiots, all the way around. Idiot pulled a knife on a guy who pulled a gun? What's funny, the guy with the gun could have shot the guy with the knife then lied and claimed self defense. They are all lucky no one was hurt. If someone breaks into my home, they risk getting shot. But on the street, give them your damn money, ain't worth getting shot over a few bucks.

Posted by hifiandrew on December 8, 2011 at 11:34 PM

@17 - yeah, that went about as far south as south could go. I recall that vividly. She was in a nasty part of town too, babeland or no , traveling in a foursome or no. Gawker did a better story on it, giving a sense of how much of a fish out of water these guys were, walking along that street at that time... and kids;, never EVER say to the armed robber "what are you going to do, shoot us?"

Posted by Rev.Smith on December 9, 2011 at 1:52 AM

@24

Already done. http://news.yahoo.com/t-mobile-surprises…

However, the emergency alert system in all its variants is pretty much useless outside of tornado country.
It doesn't do anyone any good to let them know an earthquake just occurred or that some planes hit some buildings. Perhaps we'll get some use out of it when Canada invades.

Posted by SeattleSeven on December 9, 2011 at 9:56 AM