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Two Arrested for Brandishing Guns, Golf Clubs in West Seattle

Two men are in custody after they broke into a parked vehicle Tuesday night and brandished guns and golf clubs at several people in West Seattle.

On June 21st, at about 11:40 pm, officers responded to a report of a car prowl near Bonair Drive SW and Alki Avenue SW.  A victim reported one of the suspects in the break-in had flashed a gun at the victim and his friends before fleeing in a white Ford pickup truck.

The victim told police he and his friends had returned to their parked vehicle and found the driver’s side window was broken.  A bystander pointed out the suspects to the victim just before the two men rolled past them in a pickup truck.  As the suspects drove by, the driver and passenger reportedly flashed handguns at the group.  The truck then made a U-turn and came back toward the group, and the two suspects began shouting threats.

The victims ducked behind a parked car and the suspects drove off.

Officers took statements from the victims and photographed the prowled vehicle.  As the officers were processing the scene, police received another report that two men in a white Ford truck had just brandished golf clubs in another incident near SW Charlestown and 50th Avenue SW.  The original responding officers went with other officers to the new call in an attempt to locate the suspects.

Officers found the suspect’s truck parked at a 7-11 in the 3800 block of California Avenue SW and soon spotted the two suspects, ages 19 and 25, walking out of the store.  Police discovered the 19-year-old was carrying a handgun in his front pocket, and also found a handgun, golf club and metal pipes inside the pickup truck.

Both suspects were arrested and booked into the King County Jail for felony harassment and theft.  The 25-year-old, who is a convicted felon and unable to lawfully possess firearms, was also booked for unlawful possession of the firearm.