The Seattle Police Department and Seattle Fire Department would like to remind the public that there are no legal fireworks in the City of Seattle.The possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling and use of fireworks are prohibited. Fireworks offenses are gross misdemeanors punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a $5,000 fine.
Fireworks pose a [...]

On June 26 at approximately 1:25 a.m., downtown officers heard 5-6 possible gunshots coming from the area of 1st Avenue South. Once in the area, officers observed a bumper of a car in the road and a large group milling about. The crowd was uncooperative with no one claiming to be a victim or witness. Officers [...]

On 6/26/09, at approximately1:30a.m.,North Precinct officers responded to Swedish Ballard Hospital and contacted two victims, one reported being stabbed in the lower back/abdomen area and the other had been hit in the head with a beer bottle.

The victims indicated that the assault occurred about an hour earlier, during a fight at an area [...]