Competing accounts have law enforcement and parents in a Seattle neighborhood at odds after a man hopped a fence and broke into an elementary school last Thursday.
Lauren Donovan, KIRO 7 NewsSEATTLE — Conflicting stories are circulating after a man hopped a fence and broke into a Seattle elementary school. These competing accounts have law enforcement and parents in the Sand Point neighborhood at odds. Seattle Police claim the principal at Sand Point Elementary did not cooperate with officers, and so they had no choice but to let the intruder go. Parents say the principal bravely defended their children, not law enforcement.
The incident happened Thursday, just as class was getting out. Sam Scharenberg witnessed the chaos on the playground after 20-year-old Liban Harsam hopped the fence. She was out on the blacktop with cupcakes, celebrating her first-grader’s birthday. “It was terrifying, I didn’t really know the extent of what was happening,” said Scharenberg. “I saw the intruder and then one of our staff members told me to call 911.”