Surveillance camera catches burglary suspect in Crown Hill

According to a KING 5 report, a Crown Hill home owner’s surveillance camera caught a man trying to kick down her front door last Tuesday morning.

The footage was recorded minutes after Shelby Davison left her house to take her children to school at around 9:30 a.m.

“He easily could’ve been watching us for days,” Davidson told KING 5.  “It’s creepy. Very creepy.”

According to the report, Davidson and her husband installed the surveillance system after the increase of crime in the neighborhood. The video captured on the system shows Davidson’s car pull out of the driveway at 9:24 a.m. and under two minutes later shows a man walking down the driveway and trying to break into the home.

The footage shows the suspect trying to force his way inside using several different windows and doors and shows him trying to kick down the front door three times. Eventually, KING 5 reports, the man gives up and runs away.

Davidson returned to her home 15 minutes after leaving to drop her children to school to find a muddy footprint at the door and subsequently checked the security system surveillance video.

“My heart was in my throat,” Davidson told KING 5.  “It’s daylight.  It seemed like he didn’t care at all.  I just think he knew nobody was home.”

According to the report, one of Davidson’s neighbors captured footage of the same man trying to break in to their home on the very same day before he targeted her home.

Do you recognize the man in the video? Call SPD North Precinct at (206) 684-0850.