The traffic camera on 35th SW showed only some of the response to the scene of a robbery and multiple assaults on Sunday March 30 at Rotary Viewpoint Park.
Information from Seattle Police Blotter
Seattle police detectives are investigating a violent robbery at a tent encampment inside of Rotary Viewpoint Park that injured three people this afternoon.
Just before 1:00 p.m., patrol officers responded to an armed robbery near 35th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Alaska Street. There, officers found three victims, 28, 39, and 42, with significant head injuries. Police and the Seattle Fire Department treated the victims. Medics transported them to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) for further treatment.
Police determined that multiple suspects went to the victims’ tent and deployed a fire extinguisher inside. When the victims exited, they were ambushed by the suspects. They struck the victims in the heads using improvised weapons, reportedly a crowbar, the fire extinguisher, and a wrench.
The suspects knocked two of the victims unconscious. The third victim, suffering a severe head laceration, managed to get away. While on the ground the suspects went through the victims’ pockets and told them to give them everything they had.
Following the robbery, the suspects fled on foot before police arrived.
A police K9 team arrived at the scene. They tracked the suspects to a tent in a nearby encampment. Police wrote a search warrant for the property and SPD’s SWAT team responded to serve the warrant. SWAT did not find anyone inside.
Detectives in the Robbery Unit responded to process the crime scenes. Detectives also went to HMC to interview the victims. As of 6:30 p.m., two of them remain in critical condition. The third victim is in stable condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call the violent crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000. Anonymous tips are accepted.
Incident Number: 2026-85848
