SEATTLE — A drive-by shooting near 23rd Avenue and Dearborn Street on Monday afternoon left bullet holes in the walls of a house, a convenience store, and a car.
No one was injured, though residents and business owners were deeply concerned about students walking home from school through the area at the time.
Diana Copeland, who lives close by, said she heard ten shots.
The owners of Parnell’s Mini-Mart said they remember a couple of customers exiting their store shortly after 2 p.m., then heard shots fired immediately in their direction. They said they dropped to the floor.
Eunice Washington happened to be looking out her window onto 23rd Avenue when she her shots. She said she saw a black SUV speeding by with someone standing out the sun roof.
“He was looking forward, he ducked, and then he ducked down really quick. And then they sped around the corner,” Washington said.
Seattle police said they received such a description, but were not confident if that was the suspect’s vehicle, or simply someone trying to escape the shots.
She said she had just been at Parnell’s Mini-Mart minutes before.
“This is disrespectful; it’s not going to get you anywhere, but dead or in jail. You’ve got innocent people living around here: hard-working people, retired people, like my parents. You’ve got school kids around here. This has got to stop,” Washington said.
Jerry Ford, who lives on 23rd Avenue one block away from the Dearborn intersection, said a bullet ran through the drain pipe on the outside of his home.
His mother was sleeping on the second floor at the time. Ford showed KIRO 7 the bullet hole left just a couple of feet from his mother’s window. He said he was grateful that neither she, nor their neighbors got hurt.