Police are investigating a series of home burglaries in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood last week, including one in which the homeowner exchanged gunfire with would-be home invaders.
The first incident took place 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 firearms.
The suspects forced the man to open the door of his home and ransacked the place, before fleeing the scene with cash.
Two days later, Southern District officers responded to an attempted home invasion near the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Ferdinand Street around 5:30 a.m.
The homeowner told police that three men tried to break down his door but failed and left.
Early the next morning, four suspects returned to the same address and attempted to break down the front door with a sledgehammer.
The victim, awakened by the noise, grabbed a rifle and fired at the would-be home invaders.
The suspects responded to the homeowner’s gunshot while getting into vehicles and fleeing the scene.
The homeowner was unharmed. It was unclear if the homeowner injured any of the suspects. As of Wednesday, no arrests have been made.
A Seattle homeowner was able to prevent a robbery by firing a rifle at would-be thieves. google maps
Seattle police said the robberies share a similar set of circumstances to a series of robberies that occurred earlier this year, in which all of the victims were of Asian descent and the suspects were all black men.
Although suspects in these robberies have been arrested and are in jail, investigators are concerned about the recent increase in similar cases, Seattle police said.
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