Police Report Gun Shots Near Children's Hospital

The Laurelhurst Blog received this information:

On May 31st at 6:30pm, we had our 1000 pound gun safe with hunting rifles stolen from our garage.  

Police said the same vehicle, a red/burgundy van, was used in this incident and the one near Children's Hospital (see SPD Blotter below).  

None of our guns was used. The person already had a gun. Both of the incidents occurred around the same time. 

From the SPD Blotter:

#2022-137988/North Precinct/Second Watch:

On 05-31-2022 at 1840 hours, officers responded to the 4800 block of Sandpoint WY NE for simultaneous calls of a shooting, a suspicious call, and a burglary. The three calls described the suspect vehicles as a maroon Ford Escape SUV and white Nissan or Infiniti sedan. Callers reported that four males broke into a residence, stole a large gun safe, pushed the safe down the street, and loaded the safe into the Ford Escape. The white Infiniti followed closely behind. The vehicles began to drive away from the residence, and at some point, one of the vehicles’ occupants opened fire on a car (that was occupied and being driven) and a bullet struck the front grill. Officers responded to the residence where the burglary occurred and discovered that a large gun safe had been stolen that contained approximately 15 firearms. The driver of the vehicle that was hit by a bullet was not injured. A few minutes later, a resident in the 6100 Block of 12 AV NE reported that a white Infiniti sedan parked outside of her house. The occupant got out of the vehicle, went to the back porch, changed his clothing, and walked away. Officers responded and found the white Infiniti. The vehicle appeared to have an AR-15 and body armor inside (visible through the window). The vehicle was registered to an address in Lakewood, WA. K9 responded, searched the area, but did not locate the suspects. The car was impounded to the vehicle processing room for further investigation. GVRU and Public Affairs notified. The maroon Ford Escape is still at large. Lakewood PD contacted the registered owner of the Infiniti, who claimed to have sold the car in 2021.

From KOMO News information on May 31st:

There are two suspects on the run after allegedly stealing a gun safe before shooting a gun near Seattle Children’s Hospital.

It started around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday when someone in the 1200 block of NE 61st in the Ravenna neighborhood called police saying they saw the burglary.

The witness said they saw suspects load a gun safe into a car from a home before two vehicles left. One was a Maroon Ford Escape, the other was a white two-door Infinity.

Police say a car was shot near Seattle Children’s a little later and they believe the suspects were the shooters, though it’s unclear if it was on purpose.

The Infinity was found, unoccupied, in the Ravenna area a while later, though the other vehicle and the suspects are still missing.