Police are investigating a string of home robberies in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood last week, including one in which the homeowner exchanged gunfire with a would-be home invader.
The first incident occurred on December 18 near the intersection of Beacon Avenue and South Graham Street.
A man told police he was walking home from a casino and was approached by several men brandishing guns.
The suspect forced the man to open his door and ransacked the place, before fleeing with cash.
Two days later, South Precinct officers responded to an attempted home invasion near the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Ferdinand Street around 5:30 a.m.
The owner of the house told the police that three men tried to break down the door of his house but were unsuccessful and left.
Early the next morning, four male suspects returned to the same address and attempted to break down the front door with a sledgehammer.
The victim who was awakened by the noise took a gun and shot at the home invader.
The suspect returned fire at the homeowner as they backed into the vehicle and fled the scene.
The homeowner was not injured. It’s unclear if the homeowner injured any of the suspects. No arrests have been made as of Wednesday.
A Seattle homeowner was able to prevent a robbery by firing a gun at a potential burglar. Google Maps
Seattle police said the robbery shared similar circumstances to a series of robberies earlier this year, in which all the victims were Asian and the suspects were all black men.
Although the suspect in this pattern of robberies has been arrested and is in jail, investigators are concerned about a recent increase in similar cases, Seattle police said.
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