Discussion Violent man charging and yelling at women on 15th/NE Pacific St
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Last night at approximately 8:30pm, I was waiting for my bus stop when I heard a man yelling. He jaywalked across the street, removed his shirt and charged at a woman. She evaded him. I yelled at the man from across the street but I had to wait for traffic to die down before crossing. He continued this behavior causing another woman to run across the street to get away from him. Once again he crossed the street still yelling and charging at women. He eventually ended up on NE Pacific St, where after yelling at a seated man and later a group of girls, I confronted him. He became docile and it was very apparent he was intoxicated. He crossed to the opposite side of the street as me so I called the SPD, being the UW police building was closed at the time. I lost track of him but after talking to lightrail security, they informed me they also had a confrontation with him. He ended up riding the light rail southbound at around 8:50pm. SPD never asked for any updates nor did I see them arrive on the scene.
He was specifically targeting women by themselves. When it came to the seated man and the group of girls, he was much more tame likely because he felt intimidated. In the other cases, he was less than a foot of away from his targets while charging. He knew his way around campus so he’s likely been before.
Stay safe yall.