Seattle police officers arrested a 36-year-old man, and convicted felon, for shooting up his own apartment in West Seattle last night.
On July 31, at about 10:45 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of multiple shots being fired inside an apartment building in the 3200 block of California Avenue Southwest. When police arrived, they heard active gunfire and a man screaming inside his residence.
Police made a security perimeter around the building and the Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT) responded to the scene.
Officers evacuated the nearby residents and got them to safety. According to the police report, they “were terrified, tried to move towards somewhere they thought that was safe (within their apartment) and feared they were about to be shot.”
HNT negotiated the man’s surrender and police arrested him. The Seattle Fire Department treated him on scene for injures. Escorted by police, paramedics transported the suspect to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) for evaluation.
Officers applied for a search warrant and a judge signed it. Serving the warrant, police recovered firearms, ammunition, and gun accessories. The suspect, a convicted felon, is prohibited from owning firearms. Police processed the scene, photographed evidence, and recovered shell casings. They also recovered suspected methamphetamine.
When discharged from HMC, police booked the suspect into the King County Jail for Investigation of Assault 1st and 2nd Degree, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.
Detectives in the Gun Violence Reduction Unit are assigned this case.
Incident Number: 2025-217872
