At least 10 police cruisers turned out for Monday's shooting incident, which also caused lockdowns at two nearby schools. Photo by Scott Schaefer.

On Tuesday (Sept. 20), the King County Sheriff’s Office released the following police report to The B-Town Blog, detailing Monday’s shooting incident at the Southwest Seattle Ambulatory Center on SW 160th, which resulted in a lockdown of Sylvester Middle School as well as Three Tree Montessori School.

To read our extensive on-the-spot first report (including several on-scene photos), click here.

Some of the more interesting details emerging include:

• At least four different windows to the clinic had been shot at, on two different floors.
• As a responding deputy drove into the parking lot, shots were fired and bullets flew past her patrol car.
• Two parked cars were also hit.
• When occupants of a nearby apartment building saw police, they closed their blinds. Police got suspicious, obtained a search warrant and investigated the apartment, where they found two firearms as well as narcotics.
• Four people were arrested at the apartment: a 16-year old female and three males (20, 20 and 21).

Here’s the police report we obtained Tuesday (Sept. 20):

On 09/19/2011 at approximately 1140 hrs, I was dispatched to Southwest Seattle Ambulatory Center 275 SW 160 ST. Radio dispatch advised that windows to the building had been damaged due to fireworks. However, while I was en route I was updated by radio dispatch that the employees at Southwest Seattle Ambulatory Center reported gun shots having been fired.

As a deputy drove her patrol vehicle to the south side of the building and heard what she believed to be bullets fly past her patrol vehicle and she also heard gunshots.

I walked inside of the building and was led to the first floor break room. The breakroom was on the east side of the building. I saw a bullet hole, approximately a quarter size in the window. Glass was shattered on the table. One of the employees had been seated at the table in the break room when the bullet hit the window.

I was led upstairs to the second floor and was shown three large glass windows that had multiple bullet holes in them. I located several bullet fragments on the floor and collected them for evidence.

While I was on the second floor with a deputy saw a white male, and female on the second story, balcony of the Fox Cove apartments 159 SW 160 ST looking around and when they saw Police they closed the blinds and went inside.

I took a position on the roof of the building to overwatch the potential shooter apartment that we had seen activity on.

Occupants (names redacted) walked out to Deputies and were detained.

A search warrant was written up by Police and Police entered the apartment after very loudly announcing their intent and authority. Police located a female and two males inside a locked bedroom.

I located two parked cars on the southside of the building with bullet holes.

I was advised by Detectives that two firearms were located inside of the apartment. A .22 caliber rifle and a .38 caliber revolver were located in  the apartment. I was also advised by Detectives that suspected narcotics were located to include; Meth, Marijuana, pills and Cocaine.

Detectives advised me that the .38 caliber revolver was stolen per WACIC NCIC.

XXX  (female age 16) was cited for reckless endangerment and had an outstanding arrest warrant with Juvenile Court and was booked into Youth Services Center.

XXX (male age 20) was booked for Investigation of VUFA. XXX (male age 21) was also was booked for Investigation of VUFA. XXX (age 20) was booked for Investigation of Possession of Stolen Firearm and Investigation VUCSA. All three suspects were booked into King County Jail for the above charges.

This incident first came to our attention after BTB Reader Joseph posted an eyewitness account in our Forums – early Saturday morning (Jan. 29th) there was a shooting at Burien’s Wah Long Sports Bar (15220 Ambaum Boulevard SW), which apparently started with a fight, according to Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Office.

“Sounds like the fight started in the bar over one guy flirting with another guy’s girlfriend. Or something,” said Urquhart.

Urquhart added:

“The shot guy has a wound that is not life threatening. He and his friend were less than cooperative with the police.”

The shooting victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The shooter is still at large, and there have been no arrests.

Here’s the original Forum posting (link here):

i was at wah long sports bar last night and shortly after the dj called last call, 2 guys get into a fight by the front door and one guy shoots the other with what i think was a 22 cal pistol… right in the stomach. i havent heard anything about it in the news but the police told me just as they were escorting me out of the bar that the kid might not survive it. when is somebody going to do something about this place? for a long time it had calmed down quite a bit and the music has definitely changed for the better.. but now theres fights all the time and this shooting. i will probably never go there again because of this. that bullet could have hit me!

And here’s what Sgt. Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Office said in an email to us:

This was basically a fight in the bar on the 29th about 1:30 AM. But then somebody pulled out a gun and shot one of the fighters in the stomach. His buddies tried to drive him to Harborview but we saw the speeding car, stopped it, and made the guy go in an ambulance.

Sounds like the fight started in the bar over one guy flirting with another guy’s girlfriend. Or something.

The shot guy has a wound that is not life threatening. He and his friend were less than cooperative with the police.

There have been no arrests.

Seattle Police are calling it a “mass murder/suicide” – on Thursday (Sept. 23rd) at around 1:31pm, officers responded to 911 calls of shots fired in the 9400 block of 14th Avenue SW (see map below) in White Center. Four people were found dead, and it’s believed that one of them was the shooter.

According to police:

Officers arriving on scene contacted a female in her 30?s in the 1400 block of SW Roxbury Street who had been shot. Officers could hear that shots were still being fired. As officers were arriving at the suspect residence a man in his 50?s ran into the house in question. At least two more shots were fired and the man ran back outside. Officers contacted him and he told officers that his wife had shot herself.

Officers entered the house and located four deceased persons: two women in their late teens, a man in his 30?s, and a woman in her 50?s (the woman in her 50?s is believed to be the shooter). SFD medics responded to the scene but were unable to revive any of the gunshot victims. The female gunshot victim located on the street was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

There are no suspects outstanding and no officers were injured. Two handguns have been recovered. There is no known motive for the killings. Homicide and CSI detectives responded to the scene and continue to actively investigate.

This information is preliminary and subject to change as the investigation unfolds.

PREVIOUSLY:

Four people have been killed in what appears to be a multiple murder-suicide in White Center around 1:30pm Thursday afternoon.

A fifth person was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non life-threatening injuries.

According to KING5, police responded to a home in the 9000 block of 14th Avenue SW, near Roxbury. When officers arrived on the scene they found one wounded person outside the home and heard gunshots from inside the home.

Here’s a video report from KING5:

Here’s raw video of the scene:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here’s video from Friday’s Seattle Police Department briefing:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Here’s an audio recording of Seattle Police and dispatchers communicating during Thursday’s response:

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On Sunday morning, July 11th, at 2:20AM 6 gunshots were fired in the area of Gregory Heights elementary. They were heard by myself and my neighbors who called police. The next day I found a bullet on my back deck. My neighbor verified it was a 9mm bullet/gun and must have been shot into the air to land without lodging into anything.

I took the bullet to the Burien police dept (KC Sherriff Office) and reported it.

We hear shots in this area late at night every few months or so. Now that a bullet has been found a few feet from our door it is quite disconcerting as it means someone is firing actual bullets at or around random houses.

The police will not be doing anything about it, so I wanted to report it through media.

We live within 2 blocks of Gregory Heights elementary but wish to remain unidentified for safety reasons. We have a small child.

Maybe you can pass the info along or report it in the crime section.

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Sunday morning (May 23), the following question was posted to our Forums by BTB Reader Erik Robbins:

Does anyone know what all the gunshots and Police activity were about in Seahurst (EDITOR’S NOTE: possibly Olde Burien) (Sunday morning) around 2/am??

Being of the curious sort, we forwarded this note onto Sgt. John Urquhart of King County Sheriff’s Department, who replied:

Yes several calls of “shots” heard.  First report at exactly 2:00 AM, including at least a couple of deputies who heard the shots.  Somewhere between six and nine, depending on who you talked to.

We eventually found six casings in all, five in the 1000 block of SW 152nd, and one shell casing in the 1200 block of SW 152nd.  From a handgun.

No injuries and no indication where the bullets landed.

So, shots heard, bullet casings found (see map below), but no real answers.

Anyone else out there hear these gunshots or know what happened?

What started out as a 9-1-1 call about a fight in progress turned into at least eight shots fired and a man grazed by a bullet on the top of his head Saturday night at The Heights At Burien apartment complex near SW 136th and Ambaum Blvd.

According to Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Department:

Turns out a couple of guys were trying to steal jewelry from a male resident of the complex. He got away once and the two suspects caught up with him. More drama, then a few of the victim’s friends came out of one of the units and ran the suspects off, who by now were outnumbered.

As the victim and his friends went back into on the buildings the suspects came up in a green Camry within 90 feet of the building and opened fire with a handgun on the group. Approximately eight shots were fired. One the men in the group was grazed on the top of the head with a bullet or shrapnel. Lots of blood but not life-threatening.

Suspects are two black males in early 20’s and a third (the driver).

And no arrests.

Our news partners at The Seattle Times are reporting that Jeffrey Fay, 54, the Burien man who tried to fire a shotgun into passing traffic last Tuesday morning (March 23), has been charged with first-degree assault.

According to The Times, Fay is using “sleepwalking” as his defense:

Fay told deputies that he had awakened that morning to find that his children were missing, his house had been ransacked and “the next thing he knew he was walking down the street with a shotgun,” charging papers said.

Fay’s brother told authorities that the man had a history of sleepwalking, court papers said.

Read the full story here, and our previous coverage here.

According to Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Department, a shotgun-toting man fired at cars in Burien Tuesday morning (March 23) near the intersection of South 128th and 1st Ave South.

There were no injuries.

Urquhart said that a man carrying a shotgun fired at least one round at passing cars around 5am Tuesday. It doesn’t appear any cars were hit and no one was injured. Deputies arrested the man.

The Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call from a driver who said someone pointed a gun at him as he drove past the intersection of S. 128th and 1st Ave South.

Deputies and Burien police went to the intersection and saw a man holding what appeared to be a long-barreled gun. Before the officers could act, cars drove by and they heard the suspect fire a round in the direction of the passing cars.

1st Ave South was shut down and officers approached the suspect and ordered him to drop his weapon. Wisely, he complied. The 54 year-old Burien man was taken into custody.

A 12 gauge shotgun, still loaded with three rounds of buckshot, was seized.

The suspect was booked in to the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault.

The man did not provide a motive for his actions.

The King County Sheriff’s Department reports that a 22-year old Burien man was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday morning (Jan. 26th) around 1am while walking near Chelsea Park when two men approached him, brandished a gun to his chest and stole his cell phone.

According to Sgt. John Urquhart, both suspects then ran away, but were chased by the victim. When they saw this the suspects popped off a few shots at him, which generated several “shots fired” calls to 911.

The victim didn’t give up though – police say that he caught up with the two men in Chelsea Park (at SW 136th and 8th Ave SW) and starting fighting with the unarmed one. But the one with the gun pistol-whipped the victim on the back of the head. The fight ended when both fighters got tired and the two suspects “ran’ off again.

One deputy looking for the ‘shots fired” call found the victim staggering down the street with head lacerations. A K-9 unit tracked one of the suspects to the park nearby, and also found the gun that was used hidden under a garbage can along with the stolen cell phone.

The victim, a Burien man, was treated and released.

The captured suspect, a Seattle man, age 19, was taken to the hospital and stitched up before being booked in jail for investigation of Robbery.

The second suspect was not located.

According to numerous witnesses, two separate crime incidents resulted in shots fired and tires slashed on at least six cars near Burien’s Three Tree Point neighborhood over the last week.

Here are details as relayed to us by neighbors:

1. On Sunday, Oct. 11th, shots were fired during an incident where one neighbor allegedly assaulted guests of another neighbor’s residence. No one was injured, and apparently only minor injuries resulted from the assault. At least eight King County Sheriff’s Department officers responded, along with one helicopter, pictured (photos courtesy Dane Johnson) and, according to witnesses, they were heavily armed as they searched the neighborhood for the suspect. The assaulting individual was apprehended and taken to jail. Officers have been called to the residence multiple times in the past, and reports are that actions are being taken to get the renters evicted from this property. Here are two postings from the Three Tree Point Yahoo Group:

“16XXX Maplewild, it’s a rental that was recently foreclosed on … one of the individuals living there is often under the influence, easily agitated and violent when provoked.”

“FYI, last night’s ( ~ 11:00 – 1:00) police activity in the 16500 block of Maplewild SW was due to a neighborhood incident where one of the neighbors assaulted guests of another neighbor’s residence ending with gunshots being fired. No one was shot and I believe only minor injuries resulted from the assault. At least 8 officers responded and they were heavily armed as they searched the neighborhood. The assaulting individual was being taken to jail. This is not the first time this has happened w/ this individual. Officers have been called to the residence (a rental at 16XXX Maplewild) multiple times in the past. Actions are being taken to get the renters evicted from this property.”

1. On Thursday, Oct. 8th, six cars had their tires slashed on the north end of Maplewild after midnight. No suspects were seen, but a police report was taken. Here’s a posting from the Three Tree Point Yahoo Group:

“I don’t know if anyone knew what happened on the north end of Maplewild last week (Thursday night Oct. 8th), but six cars (that we know of) had their tires slashed. Ours had 7 stabs in it and was parked in front of our garage. The police came and did a report, but we all know how far that will go. It was after midnight on Thursday because we had been out to the airport before that. It was certainly a waste for everyone involved, I was out of town so I don’t know if it was in the three tree group or not. Just letting people know how they have to be so careful with their property, and never ever leave anything valuable in their car.”

(Photos by Dane Johnson)