Crime & Safety
4 Arrested after Sunset Elementary Break-In
The old Sunset Elementary site has remained primarily vacant since the school closed in 2007.
Around 9 p.m. on Friday night, police were called to the old Sunset Elementary School site in Shoreline's Richmond Highlands neighborhood, after a school district security guard on patrol reported hearing noises in the vacant building.
After arriving on scene, police arrested four teenage males, three of whom were booked into the King County Jail as adults on investigation of burglary and malicious mischief. The fourth, a juvenile, was released into the custody of his grandmother.
The Sunset Elementary building has remained mainly vacant since the school closed in 2007. Most recently, it had been used as a storage facility for the Shoreline Historical Museum before it completed its move to its current location at 185th and Linden Ave.
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An agreement was reached in May between the City of Shoreline and the Shoreline School District, which calls for the district to pay for the demolition and removal of the school building, while the city takes over the maintenance, utilities, supervision, and scheduling of the property. Meanwhile, Friends of Sunset Park continue to pursue converting the space into a new community gathering place.
