Shooting - 14TH AVENUE AND ALDER STREET, SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES

2008-09-29

You may have seen this one pop up on today's scanner report: a man fired at least two shots at a house just west of 14th & Alder at about 2:30 this afternoon. A phone call to 911 reported hearing 3 shots from inside a residence in that block. Police arrived and surrounded the home, but found it to be empty and secured. A witness at the scene told police she saw a man standing at the northwest corner of 14th & Alder just before hearing two shots. Police found one spent shell casing on that corner, and also recovered a rolled up pair of jeans with a holster in the pocket in the area. [...] The suspect in the shooting is described as a male of unknown race, wearing black or very dark blue clothing, possibly in a jacket or hoody, approximately 5'0" to 5'10" tall, and with a husky build. He was last seen southbound on 15th.

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