Stranger with switchblade refuses to leave apartment, Seattle WA

Weapons

Reported: 11/9/2025 04:41 PM

Seattle, WA

A caller reports a stranger with a switchblade in her home near Avenue, Unit 116, who refuses to leave. The suspect is described as a thin white male in his 30s to 40s, wearing a black jacket, white leggings, and carrying a tan backpack. The caller may be in crisis and mentions possible identity fraud related to the suspect. The subject was gone on arrival but the situation involved a refusal to leave the residence.

Audio|Source: Seattle Downtown Law Enforcement

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Transcript:

00:00

That's your priority suspicious toll.

00:01

Near Avenue, Unit 116.

00:04

Caller says that there's a stranger in her home.

00:06

She let him in,

00:08

and the suspect has a switchblade on them.

00:13

Separated. Separated.

00:16

Subject refusing to leave, near Avenue, Unit 116.

00:24

Information for all units, database is now out of service.

00:33

King? Two King.

00:38

Go for two King.

00:41

The subject for this call seems to be gone on arrival, but I do have two gentlemen here who are interested in speaking with someone about services.

00:48

If the care team continue in, they are in the exact same location by a blue tent.

00:59

Your 14 copy.

01:06

To clear in, start for David's Victor, priority suspicious follow near Avenue, Unit 116, for a stranger if he doesn't leave the caller's house that she let in.

01:16

Thinking, I'm going to be clerics here.

01:18

I can respond to that.

01:21

See David. No, too.

01:28

David 33, clear actually you can end.

01:30

Is that?

01:34

The suspect is a white snow tanked like male, 30s to 40s,

01:41

6 foot thin with a black jacket, white leggings, and tan backpack.

01:45

Thank you. Under the call, please, other road.

01:54

Let's see,

01:56

Caller may be in crisis, they're pretty scattered with her info.

01:59

Last update says that there's more people in the apartment, but not her unit,

02:02

and believes that the suspect may be involved in some sort of identity fraud.

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