The SPD Blotter reports this incident from early on Sunday:
On September 13th at 2:00 a.m. the victim, a male in his 20’s, was walking northbound on Boren Avenue near Broadway Avenue when the suspect confronted him, displayed a knife and demanded the victim’s cell phone and cash. After the victim gave up his cell phone and cash, the suspect fled southbound on Boren, then turned eastbound near East Fir Street.
The suspect was described as a black male in his early 20’s, wearing a red baseball cap, dark sweater and blue jeans. The suspect was armed with a knife with an approximately three-inch long blade.
The suspect was not found. Anyone who saw the incident of has other information on the crime should call 911.
I walk my dog around there all the time, albeit not at 2:00 am. I wonder what side of the street this was on. Boren is not well lit as it goes down towards Yesler.
The owners of the property haven’t kept it cut back (on both sides of the street). The city just weedwacks their part.
I travel that stretch early in the AM on my way to work (again, not at 2:00 AM), but visibility from the street isn’t good.