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So a local homeless camp decided to expand their operations into waylaying drivers in an attempt to carjack them:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/seattle-offic...The cops were able to run him down but unfortunately stirred up a literal hornets' nest.
The suspect would block traffic to stop the vehicles and attempt to take the cars, witnesses told authorities. Police said the suspect caused significant damage to some vehicles as they passed.
Officers eventually found the suspect in a tunnel on Dexter Way North beneath Aurora Avenue North.I live near there. There's video of him leaping out at cars with a knife. Not the most competent carjacker ever.
If this were down south or in parts of the midwest this guy would have had a bumper-sized indentation in his pelvis along with tire tracks on his forehead, but this is passive Seattle, so...
He's from - of course - a local homeless camp.
Then there are these tactics:
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/attempted-carjack...Carjackers are targeting new victims every week in King County. One specific method is the latest trend -- suspects stage a fender bender and when the victim is out of the car, someone gets out a gun and takes the car by force...
'I ducked down and I put it in first gear and I took off,' she said.
Then she said the man with the gun opened fire, firing a shot at her car.
'I was going very fast because I was hoping to see a police officer somewhere. They chased me for a good five or six miles,' Yaya said.Sweet. Now they're shooting at cars. You know what Seattle and King County need? More virtue signaling. That'll fix it.
