According to a SPD patrol officer, those shots we heard in the neighborhood over the past couple of nights were drive-by shootings.
On 12/30/11, one shot was fired into a car, and tonight at around 10:40pm, there was a drive-by shooting at 27th and Cherry and one person was shot.
Does anyone know where we can get consistent information on crime? The real time 911 ( http://www2.seattle.gov/fire/realTime911/getDatePubTab.asp) did not list any responses to dispatched calls when these shots and shootings occurred.
Tom — can you dig up anything on these incidents?
Who do I call when I hear the gunshots? How do I report their location? I’ve heard so many over the past week and I don’t like it!
I am working on it. No word back from police (might be short staffed due to holiday). Found an incident report for a noise complaint at 27/Cherry at 10:37 p.m. 1/1/12. Don’t see any medic calls, though.
I will update when I learn more.
If you’re certain (or mostly certain) they are gunshots, call the police. Lots of calls end up being fireworks, though. Especially around New Year’s.
You call 911 !
Good tool for looking up Fire/Police incidents: http://911seattle.com/
Created by us! (CDN/CHS/Instivate)
Always call 911 when you hear gunshots.