On 11/16/09, at approximately 11:15 p.m., an officer was doing an area check for a victim of an assault in the 600 block of 7 Av when she came across a male screaming for help, as he was impaled on the top of a metal fence.  Seattle Fire Department (SFD) was called immediately and officers supported the [...]

On 11/16/09, at approximately 1:45 a.m., officers responded to numerous calls of shots fired in the roadway behind the 1900 blk of 1st Avenue South.    Dozens of cars and persons were fleeing the area as the callers were talking to the 911 operators.  When Officers arrived two possible vehicles were pointed out as being involved.  [...]

On 11/15/09, at approximately 6:30 p.m., officers responded to 143rd and Stoneway Av N to a call of a suspect who was suicidal, and had access to several firearms.  Officers responded and contained the block around the suspects home, and called for Hostage Negotiators (HNT) and SWAT.   SWAT arrived and took the inner perimeter around the [...]

On 11/15/09, at approximately 1:45 a.m., the victim was walking at 15th and Jefferson when a silver 4 door car pulled up to him and the driver asked for directions. The car was occupied by 4 black males in their 20′s. When the victim approached the driver’s door to give directions to the driver, the [...]

On 11/15/09 at approx. 1:45 a.m., the witness was walking southwest in the 1300 block of Seneca St, west side, when he observed a group of 4 subjects smoking marijuana on the east side of the street. The witness crossed the street, and looked back into the 1300 block of Seneca St where he saw one of [...]

On 11/15/09, at approx. 4:00 a.m., employees at a business in the 2700 block of NE 45th detected an odor of burning plastic.  They located some plastic bread racks burning outside near the loading dock. (East side) Employees pushed over the rack, which quickly extinguished the fire. Fire suppressant devices were not necessary. Seattle Fire Department [...]

On 11/14/09 at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in the 13000 block of Linden Av N. and detained a juvenile for a minor offense.  It was determined that the suspect would be investigated and released to his mother.  An officer  transported the juvenile home and while speaking with the mother, she revealed [...]

Today, members of the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Fire Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, held a press conference detailing the early morning arrest of a suspect in connection with the recent spree of arson fires in the Greenwood neighborhood. Early this morning a fire erupted at a warehouse in Shoreline. [...]

On November 12th at approximately 9:50 p.m., an officer observed 3 males running out of a store in the 4400 block of S. Mead St. The officer initially thought the 3 males were involved in a shoplift and chased after them. At about the same time, units were advised of an armed robbery at the business. The suspects [...]

A 40-year-old missing man, Hoang “Wayne” Ba Nguyen, was located by Seattle Police uniformed patrol officers on Wednesday, November 11th at around Noon.  Officers on patrol downtown spotted Nguyen at 8th Avenue and Pine Street.  He was subsequently returned to his family safe and sound.