Teen injured in Alki Beach shooting

SEATTLE — Seattle police are adding patrols to the Alki Beach area after a teenager was shot in the leg Sunday morning.

The shooting was captured on cell phone video that appears to have been taken from the window at El Chupacabra, a bar across Alki Avenue Southwest from the beach.

The video shows a group surrounding a car. The group starts to fight, a man kicks a side mirror from the car, and several shots are fired.

Cailey Dullum, who lives around the corner, woke up to the chaos.

“When I wake up in the middle of the night hearing gunshots and screaming and then everything going silent, and not knowing what’s going on, I don’t feel safe at all,” she said.

A 17-year-old boy later checked into an Everett hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

Jessica Schreindl, who was inside El Chupacabra at the time, said by day the beach is safe: a hot spot for people walking, running and enjoying the view.

At night, she said, is a different story, especially as the weather warms up.

“This was kind of early,” Schreindl said. “It’s surprising—it’s only March. It’s not summertime yet.”

She said she’s seen teens hanging out for hours, sometimes yelling, using aggressive language and causing trouble.

“Do I feel totally safe walking at night? No,” she said. “There’s always the concern of, like, what if you look the wrong way, you say the wrong thing, or they just decide—you’re in the crossfire.”

Seattle police have not made an arrest in the incident. They said from the video, it’s unclear whether there was only one shooter or more, but they said the video does provide helpful details on the car involved and even useful images of some of the people.

Det. Patrick Michaud said the department is adding bike officers, a mobile unit, and others for coverage.

“You’re going to see some patrol cars parked along there,” he said, “along Alki Boulevard out there, where there are going to be officers out on foot as well.”

But Dullum wants them to go a step further and patrol the beach even after it closes at 11:30 p.m.

“I know they do a great job going up and down for a while, but this happened at 1:30 a.m.,” she said. “They’re not down here at 1:30.”

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