“I heard several gunshots, followed up a few minutes later by a ton of sirens,” wrote My Ballard reader SHCoco in the forum about an incident on Saturday night. Turns out it was domestic violence, according to Seattle Police:
On April 5th at approximately 1:20 A.M., neighbors reported hearing shots being fired in front of a house in the 6700 Block of 32nd Avenue NW. When they looked out their window, they saw a man standing in the middle of 32nd Avenue NW pointing a gun at the victim’s home. They then phoned 911 and reported that the suspect had now entered the victim’s home and closed the door. Upon arrival, officers contacted the owner of the victim residence. Officers quickly located and arrested the suspect in the victim’s backyard and discovered that the suspect is the boyfriend of the homeowner’s daughter.
Police say they found a loaded handgun under the daughter’s bed. Frightening.