The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.

An argument over a line-up at a gas station turned violent on April 24.

The fight happened at the Safeway gas station on South Third Street around 8:30 p.m.

A man picked up a garbage can lid and threw it at the windshield of a woman’s vehicle after they exchanged heated words about the order of the gas station line-up.

Apparently, a woman had asked the man to pull forward so she could leave her pump, as she was finished pumping gas and he backed into the stall ahead of her. He responded by cussing at this woman. Another woman took offense to the man’s response and got into an intense argument with him.

The two got close enough to each other so the man spat in her face. The woman said she motioned to punch him but thought better of it. The man challenged the woman to fight and the passenger of her vehicle jumped out and pushed the man back. The man continued his tirade and then went for the garbage can lid. The impact caused spider cracks in the windshield.

He then sped off in his vehicle with his female passenger. The woman didn’t want to pursue any actions against the man for fear of retaliation. Safeway security was contacted and they told police they would follow-up with surveillance of the incident.

Man lives in squalor

A Renton man was rescued from living in squalor on April 23.

The 56-year-old man lives with his twin brother in an apartment in the 400 block of Park Avenue North. Police were told of the man’s situation at about 3:30 p.m., by a friend of the man’s that called them. Police found the man barely able to move and communicate, lying on a bed surrounded by multiple beer bottle caps. The apartment was filthy and cluttered, police reported. There were large pieces of machinery in hallways, bedrooms and the living room. There were also huge deposits of bolts, washers, screws and tools scattered everywhere. The kitchen was in disarray. The man himself was unkempt.

Police talked to the man’s twin brother by phone who said his brother suffers from an illness and also from huffing inhalants.

The man was transported to Valley Medical Center to be evaluated.

Bullet in bedroom

A mysterious bullet was found in a Renton boy’s bedroom on April 23.

The father reported to police that he found a bullet hole in his son’s bedroom wall. They live in an apartment in the 12100 block of Southeast 174th Lane.

Police saw that the bullet penetrated from the outside and struck a medical bed, built of steel and metal reinforcement, inside the room.

The bullet ricocheted from the undercarriage of the bed to a steel bar which stopped the bullet. Police found the bullet slug lying on the floor and collected it as evidence. They spoke with a tenant next door and asked if they heard any sounds of a shooting in the last two weeks.

The tenant replied, “I always hear shootings.” “There’s always gunfire around here.” The tenant could not specify an exact time or date.

Boyfriend waves gun

A Renton woman left her boyfriend after he waved around a gun following an argument on April 27.

The couple had been fighting all day and the woman decided to pack up some things and leave the residence in the 16600 block of 127th Avenue Southeast. A little after 11 a.m., police were flagged down in the 12600 block of Southeast 168th Street by three females. One of the women was the girlfriend.

She told police her boyfriend of three years waved around and gun and told her not to leave. Because he didn’t point the gun at her and never threatened her, police did not have probable cause to charge him with a crime.

Car prowler

Police arrested a Seattle man for car prowling in Renton on April 27.

The 18-year-old was seen looking into windows in the parking lot located in the 500 block of Stevens Avenue Southwest. Police found four screw drivers and a pair of wire snips on the man. He originally said he was visiting a friend who lived in the area but could not tell the police that friend’s last name. The man said he was looking into his friend’s car, but some construction workers in the area said they observed him looking into six cars.

Police arrested the man for possession of burglary tools.