January 2025

#2025-11685/Southwest Precinct/Second Watch:

At 1:56pm, officers responded to a bank robbery at the US Bank in the 4200 SW Edmunds St.

Officers arrived and spoke with the bank employees. It was reported a female suspect entered the bank and passed a note to the front teller.

The note advised a bank robbery was taking place and demanded all the money in the register.

Shortly after displaying the note the female brandished a firearm that she was carrying in her purse. The teller handed over $1,000 dollars in cash, and the suspect left the bank.

Officers conducted an area check for the suspect with negative results. SPD Robbery Detectives were notified.

Don Armeni Park in West Seattle is a place where you might see people flying kites or tossing frisbees, but on Sunday evening a different kind of aerial activity was attracting attention. Ryan Kakoy, a paragliding enthusiast from Everett was seen practicing his maneuvers at the park. Kakoy, who has been paragliding for eight years, is not your average park-goer. He’s a certified pilot sport and treats paragliding as a serious athletic pursuit.

Paragliding, as Kakoy explains, is a lightweight, motorless form of flight that involves a kind of "foot launch". He's gone through about a month of schooling to earn his certification. It’s not just a casual hobby; there’s a pilot certification association, similar to those for other lightweight aircraft.

Seattle Police responded to a report of a shooting at 7/11 at 35th SW and SW Barton Street around 1:25 pm on Friday. No one has yet been reported hurt.

Officers found 10 9mm shell casings in the parking lot and said that a young black male with two handguns, wearing a black puffy jacket fled southbound in a red Toyota Rav 4 vehicle.

Information from Seattle Police Blotter

At 7:53pm, Wednesday night two suspects walked inside the Safeway located at the 2600 BLK of California Ave SW.

The two suspects walked to the meat section and grabbed about $200 worth of meats.

The suspects walked towards the exit door. A loss prevention officer identified himself and told the suspects to stop.

The suspects charged the LP and additional LPs assisted.

After a struggle, The LPs were able to detain one of the suspects. The second suspect left on foot and returned to fight the LPs and get them to release the first suspect.

During the fight the suspects chocked and struck one of the LPs in the head. The suspects got inside a blue vehicle and while fleeing the scene struck another vehicle.

Video footage was reviewed, and an ID that possibly belongs to one of the suspects was recovered from the scene.

King County Metro has announced a substantial number of bus trip cancellations and delays on Friday, Jan. 10, as many employees attend the procession and memorial for Transit Operator Shawn Yim, who tragically lost his life in the line of duty on Dec. 18.

Community members, riders, and transit agencies throughout the region will come together to celebrate and remember Yim's life and service. The remembrances will start with a bus and transit vehicle procession at 10 a.m. through downtown Seattle, followed by a memorial event at 11 a.m. hosted by the Amalgamated Transit Union 587 at the Lumen Field Event Center, also known as the WAMU Theater.