Reported stabbing on Market St.

Posted by Geeky Swedes on November 2nd, 2008

A 22-year-old man says he was stabbed on Market St. at NW 20th Ave. shortly after midnight on October 23rd, according to a Seattle Police report. The victim says two suspects came up to him and demanded money. When he refused to hand over his wallet, he told Seattle Police that one of the men stabbed him in the left chest area above the heart and then ran away. The victim said he went home thinking it was a minor injury, noticed it was bleeding several hours later, and friends took him Ballard Swedish. He gave police a description of one of the men — a white man with long blond/strawberry hair, a mustache and a scar on his upper lip. There’s no word of any arrests.

Back in September we wrote about a sign that had been posted warning “late nighters” of muggings in the area. When we contacted the Seattle Police, they were unable to provide any information. We’ll follow up on this report with SPD and update you with any more details if they provide it.

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anononimity

or you could leave the "suckerwallet" wit your girlfriend and bring a sword wit you while u walk like a real tool using primate. nowadays our tiny swords can fit annnnnyyyywhhhheeeerrreee. what happens when the little hipster fags who moved into all the condos in the CD are going to start hating on the new hipsters and lesbian couples moving into the EVEN NEWER condos in the CD? Are we looking at an epidemic of safetypin stab wounds between whitefolks? hey and where's all the yuppy street gangs at?

mcdc

To all those who think Ballard is only now having issues with crime, and it is because more money has been injected into the community, you are simply wrong. I have lived in Ballard for over twenty years, since the time when walking into local watering holes was more than a minor adventure. Then crime was rampant in establishments that are now considered some of the best drinking, eating, and music establishments in the city. I liked Ballard then, I like it now. But, to believe crime, reported and unreported alike, is a new thing to Ballard and follows the flow of money is naive.

Debbie

I have a real good idea for all men. Get an old wallet, put a few dollars in it along with some cancelled or no good cards of any kind, starbucks etc... Keep your real wallet in one pocket and the phony wallet in another. If you get robbed just give them the phony wallet. This way, they run thinking they got your wallet, but with nothing but a few bucks and you walk away unhurt, and with nothing lost. I call it, the sucker wallet.

Ryan

Yes

jm

Seattle has gotten more violent in recent years. The death of the tuba man and numerous unsolved gang murders this year are a terrible bit of history. Will it get worse in 2009?

leaving every moment with your

If everyone from kids were trained in kung fu's fighting without fighting, everyone would be so clever at attack thwarting. Although if burglars were trained like this too they'd realize stealth is far superior form of burglary.

Anonymous

You can indeed get stabbed, repeatedly even, and not know it until long after the fact. Don't let the lack of a hollywood KAPOW make you think that the person(s) stabbed is too manly, cowardly, thinking it over, whatever, to be treated or otherwise report it.

sleestak

Mercer Island has less crime because the buses that head out to 'poverty rock' stop pretty early in the night - If I were a mugger i'd rather pay $1.25 to take a metro bus to ballardia than $2.50 on the community transit, price is a big deal for lazy thieves! It's too long to walk back west across the bridge hauling your nightly ransacked goods.

Grubby Ballard

No doubt Pete, once all those people move into SLU, with their nice cars and wallets, who's to blame me if my fingers get a little sticky?

pete

We have an opportunity to see society in action:
Lets all watch what happens in SLU once the condos are completed and the Amazon and microsoft employees move in with all that money flowing into the area....S Lake Union is pretty safe now....I'll be interested to see what happens next year at this time.

kim

unless suthii has lost his edge, he's not posting here. or maybe he has.....

Ell o' Ell

I love Seattle blogs! Grubby and Swishy are perfect examples of this town's love of hip ironic statements. Bravo.

Grubby Ballard

Of course Mercer Island has more crime because simply being rich is a crime in itself!

Nina

Well, I guess Mercer Island has more crime than White Center right? After all, more money more crime?

Stupid argument.

Roy Hobbs

@Swishy Ballard Boy -

I do not wear chaps (don't have the butt for it), and I do not advertise that I'm carrying. To everyone else, I look like just one more guy in flannel. But I refuse to put myself in a situation that could end up in harm to myself or to people I care about.

I do not actively go out seeking danger. I'd much rather just be left alone, because the emotional and economic costs of using a weapon are so high.

Like I said, not everyone makes the choices I've made, but everyone needs to be reminded that they are responsible for their own safety.

Boxcar

Yeah, it seems Suthii's "sock puppets" might be lurking around here. I have been wondering about some of the posts I have been reading lately....

Chris

See also:
http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2008/11/youryour...

Swishy Ballard Boy

A shoot out! That's just what we need. Roy, do you wear chaps with your gun?

Roy Hobbs

When people ask me why I have a CPL and carry regularly, even when just going to Ballard or Fremont, I point them to stories like this.

Everyone needs to remember that they are responsible for their own self-defense. While most would not make the choices I've made, staying out of dark areas or making sure you go out in groups is a good first step.

hooded defense of ballard.

Don't worry guys, I'm here to protect you. I'm actually really surprised to hear it these stabbings so close to home because I walk at every night, anywhere from 10pm-3am and rarely even see people who aren't 10 feet from their homes.
Although there have been groups of kids that tend to stray up here who I have to run out and fend off from stealing cars on my street, late at night.

I think the one thing ballard needs to do is gather all it's local artists and start a giant mural/art project in all the crime hit streets. maybe depict communities of people and their strength on empty walls and ugly fences to uncomfort would-be wrong doers. That or we should just rig up more security cameras and sensor lights we buy at walmart to make us feel safe along with the rest of America.

Ballard Vigilante Gooooo!

Swishy Ballard Boy

I hear Sustainable Ballard and BHFAC has a plan to invite all Seattle's drug addicts and psychos to Ballard to camp out.

Kate

Is there some sort of Ballard org that's focused on this issue? Something we can do?

Duncan

Suthii, is that you?

Evan

Get a life, and spend some time with some real people who are struggling (not me) and you might not be so glib.

Evan

After reading all your posts - you 've changed me Grubby B. I've given away all my worldly possesions, sold my house, ate my cat, and bought an old beat up Winnebago to live in down behind the Safeway. Old Ballard sure IS great! Being poor, living hand to mouth is so much better than those nasty liberal elitists told me it would be. Hooray! no more stabbings for me!

Grubby Ballard

Pete: with money comes crime.

I couldn't agree more!

Every neighborhood I've lived in with lots of poor people, it's like hanging out with Robin Hood and his Merry men. All sh*ts and giggles and you can leave your doors unlocked it's so safe.

angelatini

One night, last year, best guy friend was spending the night at my house one night, and decided to go get some food at Safeway in the middle of the night. I have to get up early for work, so I was fast asleep. The next thing I know I get a call from the police telling me that he had been stabbed in the chest, above the heart, a victim of an attempted mugging. They had me come down and take him to the ER. He thought he didn't need to go to the hospital either. I think it was more a manly "I'm ok" thing, than "needing to think things over"...as I am sure happened with this guy. There isn't a conspiracy theory there. haha

It happened in front of Ballard Brothers, on 15th, next to Wendy's. I don't recall his description of the mugger, but now I will ask again. I wonder if it's the same person? Ballard has been getting scary for a while.

Grubby Ballard

I agree Pete, if the yuppies hadn't moved here with their $4 coffees and all that money, they'd be no one to rob and Ballard would be safe as pie.

kim

bingo doc! and the delay makes me think that the victim needed some time to think things over.....

philk

Count me in on a community effort that helps Ballard stay as mugger-free as possible. We don't have to put up with Ballard becoming unsafe; and we can fight crime without blindly namecalling or stereotyping people. Sarcasm and namecalling between neighbors undermines trust between neighbors -- neighborhoods where people know and trust each other have lower crime rates because people look out for each other and make it harder for a neighborhood thief to stay anonymous and hidden. So how about we start here on these comments by refraining from namecalling and disrespect, imo a little respect goes a long way. It's obvious we're all different people on this blog, but I'd just as soon have older and younger and richer and grungier people be welcome and accepted on this list. If we can all agree on one thing, I hope it's that none of us wants (ourselves or anyone else) to get mugged or stabbed in Ballard.

Andy

This is why you just give up the money. What an idiot.

pete

Look at all the craziness in Belltown. It will all arrive here too..in time.

pete

Unfortunately there's some truth to the condo craze...with money comes crime.

Doc

"The victim said he went home thinking it was a minor injury, noticed it bleeding several hours later, and friends took him Ballard Swedish."

So is this serious or a joke? I've never been stabbed but I can't imagine thinking it would be a minor injury and just go home? Maybe that's just me...