#2022-153581/Southwest Precinct/First Watch: 

On 06-16-2022 at 10:21am , Seattle Police responded to an incident in which a male victim was walking at the 5000 BLK of California Ave SW (between SW Dawson St and SW Hudson St) at approximately 6am, and an unknown male walked up to him.

The suspect demanded money and punched the victim in the jaw.

The suspect then struck the victim with a baseball bat. The victim fell unconscious.

The victim eventually woke up and walked home. The suspect didn’t take anything because the victim didn’t have any money on him. The victim had a broken jaw and possible head injury.

Seattle Fire responded to treat the victim, and he was transported by AMR to HMC. Robbery was notified about the incident, and they will conduct a follow up.

The area will be canvassed for evidence.