An attempted armed robbery sent police rushing to the 7-Eleven at 35th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Avalon Way in West Seattle, with dispatch describing at least two would-be robbers carrying guns before they fled in an older gold SUV. Officers arrived just after 9:30 p.m. to what was described as a sizable response at the scene.
The store reported what dispatch described as an attempted armed robbery, according to West Seattle Blog, which first reported the incident. Dispatchers relayed that at least two suspects had guns during the attempt, and the getaway vehicle was described as an older gold SUV. The Seattle Police Department incident number tied to the case is 26-325153.
A Familiar Address for West Seattle Crime Reports
This is not the first time the 35th and Avalon convenience store has turned up in police reports. In October 2024, a victim told KOMO News the same West Seattle 7-Eleven was hit at gunpoint around 8:30 p.m., with a suspect reportedly taking roughly $400 to $500 from the register along with the employee's phone and $200 cash from his wallet, the station reported. No one was hurt in that incident or in the other robberies examined in that report.
That October 2024 holdup came amid a broader wave the outlet covered at the time, when investigators said they were looking into at least three other similar robberies from the previous week and were trying to determine whether cases in Burien, White Center and West Seattle were connected to incidents elsewhere in King County. In a separate report from that period, investigators said they were looking into a string of overnight armed robberies with no suspects yet in custody, and police believed two nearby southwest Seattle convenience-store robberies were likely related given their proximity, while a K-9 unit noted an earlier robbery involving two people working together.
Other Recent Holdups in the Area
The address has shown up in Seattle Police Department records before, too. A blotter entry for November 2024 described two suspects walking into a convenience store in the 3200 block of Southwest Avalon Way, pointing a firearm at the clerk and stealing money and tobacco products, per the Seattle Police Department.
West Seattle has seen other armed holdups in recent months as well. In April, police responded after a robbery was reported at the 7-Eleven near 16th Southwest and Southwest Holden, where the clerk was not hurt, West Seattle Blog reported at the time, and a second robbery was reported minutes later at the 7-Eleven at 4312 Southwest Admiral Way. A third robbery that same stretch, reported around 1:15 a.m. in Beacon Hill, involved two males in their late teens to early 20s who entered armed with handguns and took the entire cash drawer, according to KOMO News. Separately, the Seattle Police Department's blotter noted officers responded to a reported robbery at a West Seattle gas station in the 4500 block of Fauntleroy Way Southwest at 2:20 a.m. in March.
No further details on the Friday night incident at 35th and Avalon have been released beyond the SPD incident number and the descriptions relayed by dispatch.
