Comments on: Murder suspect arrested at Ballard house

By: Hmmf

Hmmf — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:40:02 +0000

So, what are you doing?

By: kim1234

kim1234 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:55:17 +0000

you have supported my point perfectly from you acquaintances experience. a good landlord is one that checks on their property. just a simple look of the exterior is a start. in this case, (this white house looks fine) a chat w/the neighbors or answering letters sent is another way to be responsible.

By: jeffreykcohen

jeffreykcohen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:29:57 +0000

Listen people. Giving someone a 'negative' on their reality/fact based comment is know as 'Feel good Pill #1″…here is Seattle. Reality check's win everytime, not 'lets pretend',or anyone's failure to deal with it. Which mean's, when you look at reality as being negative, your in denial. And when your in Denial – you lose. Its simple. Nobody want's to see any crime. But your a big fool not to look at it for what it really is, and do something about it.

By: motorrad

motorrad — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:17:10 +0000

Dude- what do you think this interweb thing is about?

By: kregg

kregg — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:25:46 +0000

Manish Melwani Is a friend of mine. I will sure miss him. I concider him my friend though I have only spoke to him briefly for the past couple years, He is and was always very kind, and nice. Very soft spoken.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:12:02 +0000

What scares me more?
Knowing that he's not the only one.

By: loyalheightsneighbor

loyalheightsneighbor — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:03:50 +0000

Like all of you I am grateful and relieved that this man was caught. Since it happened I've been thinking a lot about the “why” ? It's unanswerable but it is scary to think that this 17 year old kid, (if it is him), is so,so angry and disconnected that he didn't think twice about killing someone. That's what scares me the most.

By: BallardDINK

BallardDINK — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:34:31 +0000

Hooray for the cops! Nice work, fellas.

And I hope the killer is tried as an adult, and locked up the rest of his miserable life.

By: AlanBarton

AlanBarton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:20:07 +0000

Drugs? Gangbanger? Kids are a bit different now than when we were kids rowksta.

By: AlanBarton

AlanBarton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:16:20 +0000

Despite the negative reviews I have to agree with the Big JKC. There is enough 'stuff' going on in Ballard recently between increased tagging, break-ins, carjackings and now murder to wonder if we haven't reached a Tipping Point. Not to mention the campers in the parks.

No doubt times are tough, they are going to get much tougher, so some compassion is in order but there also needs to be a respect for civil society and once that is breached all bets are off.

Talk to your neighbors and watch there backs, now is the time for community to see us through.

By: AlanBarton

AlanBarton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:03:23 +0000

We get the government we deserve.

By: Waltlaw

Waltlaw — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:56:21 +0000

To pick a nit the last paragraph should say “where the perpetrator dumped his clothing.” Suspects are those who may have perpetrated the offense; any act associated with the crime is yet to be determined.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:49:00 +0000

Good point, and I shouldn't have speculated about motive.

By: yody

yody — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:32:26 +0000

myBallard ... THANK YOU for all the pics and maps, I've never felt more connected. And so fast. Thanks Swedes. This is great.

So tragic about the violence and murder in this once quiet community.

Our condolences to the family and friends.

By: David Anthony Tobin Bentler

David Anthony Tobin Bentler — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:01:39 +0000

Let's not start spreading rumors now. That is just hearsay at this point in time. Lets wait until the police report is released before speculating on motives and such things.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:50:57 +0000

He might not have known, but there are some horrible absentee owners. My acquaintance started renting a room in the U district, in a house where 6 rooms were separately rented, and he only met two roommates beforehand. On the day of moving in, there was a tremendous pile of junk blocking the hallway and yard (magazines, furniture, etc) which was never retrieved by this old person. The attic resident turned out to be an unfriendly drug dealer. The landlord received rent at a Bellevue address and didn't respond to letters.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:37:37 +0000

Heard on KIRO TV news that the perp slammed the victim's face through the glass countertop AFTER he had shot him. This makes it seem that there was something else going on with this perp and the store. Could there be something to do with the new bikini coffee shop — that opened just the day prior? Just wondering if there was more than a robbery motive given the murder and associated violence…

By: Sammy1981

Sammy1981 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:34:26 +0000

Hard working immigrant comes to this country only to get gunned own by some lazy POS who doesn't know the value of an honest days work.

Worst part is, these stupid POS lived in Ballard.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:29:27 +0000

Good police work, way to go SPD! Went to the PitStop today to express condolences.
Thanks to all citizens who provided info and clues.
Really appreciate MyBallard for the most complete and fastest news!!!

By: Hmmf

Hmmf — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:03:31 +0000

I don't get it, either. The scumbag probably only got a couple of hundred bucks, tops.

If you have a gun and want to use it this way, do us all a favor..

By: ballardistic

ballardistic — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:47:41 +0000

Gotta love it, the MSM is linking to MyBallard… first on the scene.

Great job, SPD. Hope they fry the scum that did this.

By: avallidis

avallidis — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:40:49 +0000

We went to taco bell last night for dinner. There was a reporter in there harassing the manager for information regarding who called in the bag of clothes. I informed him that you guys reported it was a resident. I asked him if he knew of the blog and he said “Yeah, I guess I didn't read down that far.”

By: Silver

Silver — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:00 +0000

Scoop city! Hooray Swedes!

By: kim1234

kim1234 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:38:16 +0000

pretty stupid or highly altered.

By: RudyT

RudyT — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:33:14 +0000

Thankfully no…I think. I am about 3 blocks from this house, but it's still too close for my comfort.

By: boardbrown

boardbrown — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:30:55 +0000

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. That's really all I gotta say.

Well, that and…how stupid do you have to be to commit such a crime two blocks from your house?

By: kim1234

kim1234 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:27:47 +0000

if it's a rental, it sounds like the neighborhood needs to get involved and crack down on the loser landlord/owner. pop the address in here for a start.

http://www5.kingcounty.gov/parcelviewer/viewer/...

By: kim1234

kim1234 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:24:37 +0000

did anyone else notice that mimi jung on king5 referenced myballard when reporting on this story. kudos to myballard. just don't sell out….

just curious, does one of you still work there or is that in the past???

By: jm

jm — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:21:53 +0000

Do you know anything about the house in question or the people living there?

By: Ernie_98107

Ernie_98107 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:21:24 +0000

No Doubt, on the 11:00 news last night King5 said “MyBallard.com is reporting that the suspects clothes were found…….” like it was breaking news. I'm like “HA! I've known about that for a couple hours…”

Good Job Swedes!