UPDATE 6:25pm
At 11:43 AM, officers received several 911 calls about a man in his 20s armed with a knife 36th at Ave W and W Smith.
Officers arrived on-scene within 5 minutes of the calls and called for back-up (including Crisis Intervention Team officers).? There, they found?a man outside of the residence with a large, kitchen-style knife. They then contacted the man on the street. Then (According to SPD):
When the armed man advanced toward officers, a veteran officer (based out of the West Precinct),?opened fire, striking the man in the torso. Officers immediately began performing first aid on the man and called for medics. Medics transported the man?who was alert and conscious at the scene?to Harborview.
Both officers will be put on paid administrative leave while detectives investigate the shooting.
Detective Mark Jamieson stressed that this incident was not a “stranger running around Magnolia”, it was a case “contained to a single residence.”
We will update as information becomes available.
Photo from Bob Bennett
EARLIER-We are investigating an incident that took place on 36th and Smith.? We are on the scene now waiting to be briefed by the Seattle Police.? Stay tuned for more information.
Some details in the Times. http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/06/police-shoot-man-with-knife-in-magnolia/
listen I’m all for police doing whats necessary to prevent crime and to make sure they stay safe. but shooting someone holding a knife? I thought police carried tasers for incidents like this.
You can’t be serious!!! News reports say that the suspect charged at a veteran officer with a large kitchen knife. Do you really think there was time to taser him?! What would you have done if you were the one being charged at with a knife? And should a cop, just doing his job, put his life at risk just to spare the rights of a criminal? Not to mention, the suspect was five blocks away from where our neighborhood children play, and a few blocks away from where people from our community were enjoying the farmer’s market. He was warned repeatedly to drop his knife. I’m glad the police took these measures. We have enough crime in this neighborhood and the bad guys need to learn their lesson to stay out!!!!
This doesn’t sound like a random bad guy. Anxiously awaiting more details, as we have many friends who live near there.
KOMO says it started as a domestic dispute between a father and son. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Police-Officer-shoots-man-who-had-knife-on-Magnolia-street-209798831.html
A knife should be considered way more dangerous than you are thinking. In the time it takes to draw a loaded handgun and fire, someone with a knife can charge 21 feet. Look up the Tueller drill.
Hey magnolia_mtb is the officer supposed to guess whether the suspect is high on meth and quite possibly not going to be bothered in the least by a taser? The police move TOWARDS problems you would run away from, and put their lives on the line everyday with split second decisions involving their own safety so that you can live a comfortable little myopic Seattle me-festival. Wake up!
Magnolia_MTB: Get a clue. I know everything here in Magnolia is rainbows and lemon drops, but it is time to realize we live amongst dangerous people and criminals (this is the second shooting incident in Magnolia in the past 3 or 4 months.) The police officer did his/her job today to protect our community and himself/herself. Knives are deadly weapons and you should not expect the police to “taze” those that may kill them or bystanders.
Mentally ill man known for loud confrontations with father at this address. Sad. Been by the house too many times to count. Wish the shooting could have been avoided. Neighbors a bit traumatized and the kids a little scared. Don’t go mental in Seattle if you can help it.
The man lunged at the police with a knife, how do you expect the shooting to be avoided?
From what I heard on the evening news the young man had a history of problems with the law including car prowls, which have been absolutely rampant in our neighborhood, and disorderly conduct. Our (and many others’) young children walk by there on the way to school and the village. The fact that he threatened a cop with a butcher knife means he’s capable of anything. I’m glad he’s out of the neighborhood. Now there’s far less chance of walking up on a violent maniac tossing our car or entering our property. Sincerely hope he never comes back – hopefully he’s 28 or so by the time gets out of custody and “home” is no longer available to him as an option.
Thank you SPD
When can we expect more information on this?
Are we not posting names of adults charged with serious crimes? Not journalism FTW
This. The news organizations obviously know the man’s identity, if they have his police record, but not a single one has named him. This is a person in our community, who has a family in our community that is struggling.
When are we going to have an update?
Guess this is getting swept under the rug just like all of the other violent activity in our neighborhood.
The Times had an update this morning:
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021119693_policeshootingxml.html
Names and all.
Thank you. I saw that headline on the Times, but hadn’t read the article to make the connection to Saturday’s incident here.
it’s not swept under the rug — the family is grieving and worried he might die. Shut up!
Hey all you judgmental folks out there – this is a really nice Magnolia family who has been involved in the community forever. Their boys played every sport via the Magnolia CC, Little League and Ballard communities with pride and loyalty. As unfortunately happens occasionally, this young man was stricken with schizophrenia in his early 20’s and has been under constant care. It’s hard enough dealing with it at home, let alone knowing you have a son who is totally depressed and wanting to die. Put yourselves in their shoes before you throw the first stone. Could happen to any of your families, so be compassionate!!!!