Police are looking for four armed robbery suspects who ransacked an apartment last night. Police say four males with handguns, wearing ski masks and bandanas, pushed their way into an apartment in the 8600 block of 3rd Avenue NW. According to the SPD Blotter, a 24-year-old victim and his 23-year-old girlfriend were at the apartment around 11:15 when someone knocked on the door. When the man in the apartment opened the door he was pushed out of the way and the suspects forced their way in. The suspects took a “shotgun, electronic equipment, money, and other miscellaneous items,” the blotter states. The victim had a head wound and received several sutures at Swedish Ballard. The woman in the apartment was not injured.
Police look for armed robbery suspects
That's New Ballard – gettin' better every night!
Great. Now these criminals are running around with a shot gun.
Wonder who they were expecting as visitors at 11:15 PM? I wouldn't be answering the door unless I knew who it was and what they wanted.
But that's just me…
I also would have had the shotgun cocked and ready in the doorway. I mean, why have it, right?
Sounds to me like the perps possibly knew the victims, but what do I know.
That was my first thought. These guys knew what they were looking for. Nobody coincidentally finds a shotgun during a robbery. I have a feeling the police have an idea who was involved.
“Wonder who they were expecting as visitors at 11:15 PM?”
Customers.
Is that Ballard? I thought it was Greenwood.
Pretty sure that's greenwood, kid.
“Customers.”
Exactly my thoughts. 11:15 PM, answered door, had a shotgun….
More G-wood than B-lard… That apt. makes me think they knew what was going on – or should have.
At least they caught the group that was pulling armed robberies around Green Lake:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/…
The criminal element around here seems to be getting more brazen every day. A few days ago I had my car prowled in broad daylight at the Greenlake PCC parking lot during peak shopping hours when there were plenty of people around. Be very careful, I think some of these creeps are sitting in their cars watching us and seeing if we put anything into the trunk before going into the store and can break into certain types of vehicles very quickly with just a screwdriver. And I was only in the store for 15 minutes when this all happened with nobody seeing it.
We need a Charles Bronson type-person in Ballard. : )
or a group of angry mamas…
it's not rocket science to figure this out.
I did some Googling, came across the My Green Lake site and found out that there have been at least 8-10 car prowls in the Greenlake area just in the last 2 weeks. It is so tempting to drive to a lot over there, be rather theatrical about tossing an empty purse or backpack into the backseat and then wait off view with a video camera with a very powerful telephoto lens (and a cell phone ready to call the police). In the meantime, I might go back to look around and see if any of my things were discarded which is what happened to one of the other persons, sans credit cards of course. I'd really like to have my glasses back.
My door is SOLID, no peep holes or anything and I have 3 guns. They could have thought it was a neighbor (I've had to knock on neighbors late in the night before) and I don' think I would have thought twice about grabbing my handgun either. And no, just because I own 3 guns, doesn't mean I have “customers”, way to jump to conclusions. I would think if they did sell something, that it would have been included in the items they took.
1.) peep hole
2.)dont answer the door at 11pm for someone you dont know
Maybe I'm crazy but if someone knocks on my door at 11:00 pm I'm sure as hell not going to open the door!
Why? I've had neighbors knocking on the door that late. I've knocked on neighbor doors that late. For varying reasons (radio too loud, borrowing food for a found cat, little stuff like that) but it's not so unusual I'd hesitate to open the door if I heard a knock at 11. That's apartment life.
shame on you for jumping to conclusions…..
the building has a “secure” front door that requires a key or to buzz the unit.
so, if no one buzzed why would you not think it was a neighbor?
the shotgun was a legacy from grandpa.
when you are the victim of a crime maybe you will be a bit more sympathetic.
stand up for your neighbors, not the terrorists!
Ask who's there. Its not that hard.
I used to live there last year. they are called the newland apts. at 8620 3rd ave nw. there is a call box. you have to be buzzed in unless you have a code.
drug deal gone bad……is all i am going to say.
when i lived there drugs were a problem, that's why i moved.
oh that's right there are peepholes in every apt door. 4 guys in masks means don't answer.
Although I'm not saying they were expecting “customers” as implied above – I wouldn't think that drugs would be in the list of items taken. I can't imagine a drug dealer would be listing that on the police form . . .