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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Suspect arrested after Junction search following store burglary

2:03 AM: For those wondering about the police converging on The Junction – according to emergency-radio traffic, this started with a report of a burglary at the Antique Mall in the 4500 block of California, and as officers were arriving to search, one suffered a leg injury in a reported assault. The suspect was last seen running northbound on California, described by dispatch as an “unknown-race male, 30s-40s, face mask, gray hoodie, bleeding from his left hand.” SFD is being called to treat the officer; other police are looking for the suspect. If you have any information, call 911. (Added: This is case 25-138791.)

2:39 AM: They’re still searching and have expanded the area after the suspect reportedly at one point jumped a fence on the northeast edge of The Junction, leaving a bloody hand/fingerprint. Officers have also just told dispatch that they have probable cause for burglary, NOT assault on an officer, so we’ll have to wait to find out later what that was all about. Meantime, a K-9 is joining the search.

2:43 AM: They have a suspect in custody, in the 4100 block of 40th SW. They’re calling in SFD because he’s “bleeding everywhere” (the wound was described earlier as likely related to broken glass at the burglary scene).

2:51 AM: Police also have reported they’re involved in a collision at 42nd and Oregon.

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