On November 17th at about 1:37 P.M., a citizen called 911 to report that a man had been shot in the leg and had been transported to 7500 Block of Renton Av S. The driver of the car was taking the victim to the hospital when they saw an ambulance and decided to pull over and summon medical assistance.  Initially the [...]

Since October 28th a lone male was believed to be responsible for eight armed robberies.  The first robbery victim was a taxicab driver.  The remaining incidents occurred at small businesses, usually occupied by a lone female employee.  Most of the incidents occurred in the downtown area but one occurred on Capitol Hill and another at Northgate Mall.  In [...]

On November 16th at 1 AM, East Precinct patrol officers responded to a report of vandalism in progress.  Officers quickly arrived, located the suspect and arrested him.  The suspect was using the tag “Kerse”, which belonged to a recently deceased graffiti “artist”.  The suspect was using the tag in an apparent attempt to memorialize the decedent. 
 
The suspect tagged multiple [...]

On November 17 at 12:57 AM, a North Precinct officer contacted a victim of a stabbing at NW 85th street and 9th NW .  The officer was able to broadcast a suspect vehicle description and direction of travel.  Moments later, officers sighted the vehicle at NW 85th and 15th NW and made a stop of the vehicle.  The suspect ultimately admitted [...]

On November 16 at 7:40 PM, North Precinct Officers responded to a grocery store in the 9900 block of Holman Road NW. Investigation revealed that the suspect stole a case of beer, exited the store and got into his truck. Two store employees followed the shoplifter outside. One employee began to struggle with the suspect at his vehicle while [...]