The following was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

From a little boy’s perspective, he was Superman.

But from an adult standpoint, he was the man who stepped up to hold down a purse snatcher until police arrived.

The purse was snatched from the shoulder of a woman as she waited Dec. 6 with her husband to cross the street on South Third Street.

His getaway east on Third Street was slowed when he ran into a woman, knocking her to the ground. But that gave witnesses time to grab him and hold him on the ground until officers arrived.

One of those Good Samaritans was sitting in the Common Ground cupcake shop. The little boy, about 4 years old, was there, too.

He struck up a conversation with Shannon Day, who was looking out the window. This is how she describes their exchange in an email to the Renton Reporter:

“Super Man came in here.”

I asked him, “Really, where is he?”

He pointed to a man sitting in the back corner wearing a light-colored, button-down shirt.

I asked, “Why is he Super Man?”

The boy replied, “He knocked down the purse robber.”

The “purse robber” was booked into the King County Youth Center in Seattle.

SUV registered in Renton used in gun battle

A 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, its interior melted by fire Nov. 18 on 103rd Avenue Southeast, was involved in a rolling gun battle in Pierce County.

A Renton fire investigator reported that someone started the fire by sticking a lit rag in the gas tank. Remnants of the rag were still visible.

The plates were still on the Tahoe; the residents who lived at the address in Renton didn’t know the registered owners nor had they ever seen the Tahoe.

Renton Police were working with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department on the case.

Parking dispute

The shopper at Fred Meyer on Rainier Avenue obliged another shopper Nov. 15 by backing up into an adjacent parking spot so he could pull into a spot he had waited for.

But he pulled far enough in so that he tapped the front end of her Acura. No damage was done, but she was upset when she spoke to the other driver.

The other driver followed her into the store and told her, “Hey I’m gonna have you towed.” She told him she did nothing wrong.

When she finished shopping, she discovered two long scratches on either side of her car. She suspects the man keyed her car.

Damage was estimated at about $1,500.