Interim Chief John Diaz  released the following statement: Improving safety in downtown Seattle is a high priority of the Seattle Police Department.  We appreciate the work of the Council and Public Safety Committee Chair Tim Burgess in pursuing this shared goal. Police departments across the nation continue to struggle to provide a basic sense of [...]

Shortly after midnight on March 17th, West Precinct officers responded to a call of at least six people in a fight disturbance in the 2100 Block of 2nd Avenue.  While enroute to the scene, the call was updated that shots had been fired.  Officers arrived on the scene and were finally able to get things under control.  [...]

On March 14th, at approximately 4:00 AM, South Precinct officers responded to a 911 report of several suspects inside a grocery store in the 8300 Block of Rainier Avenue South.  A neighbor called 911 stating that they saw the suspects inside the buidling carrying items to a nearby vehicle.  Officers arrived quickly and contained the [...]

On March13th at approximatel 3:34 a.m. officers responded to a call of a two-vehicle collision in the 5500 block of Rainier Avenue South.  Just prior to that collision, two cars were travelling at high speed southbound on Rainier Ave. S.  One driver later told officers he was following the other (suspect) vehicle after being the victim of a [...]

The detectives from the Arson/Bomb Unit have determined that the device used by the suspect this morning was not an explosive.  It was fashioned to look like a pipe bomb, but it was not a real explosive device.  Refer to the previous post on the photo of the device.

On March 12th, at approximately 8:11 AM,  a complainant called 911 to report that a black male dressed in black clothing had entered a local mission in the 300 Block of 2nd Avenue Ext. South and threatened to blow the place up.  The suspect had a suspicious looking device taped to his wrist and had [...]

Suspect Jymaika S. Hutson, wanted for an April 2007 homicide in the Central District, is now in custody.  He was arrested this morning at approximately 9:00 a.m., in Thurston County by the Pacific Northwest Fugitive Apprehension Task Force. He is currently being interviewed by detectives and will be booked later into the King County Jail.

Here is a high resolution phot0 of the device in question.  It is a metal pipe with metal endcaps on both sides.  There is tape on this device which is what the suspect used to secure it to his left hand.  

Seattle Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Jymaika S. Hutson, 31. He is described as 6′ and 180 pounds with a deformed left eye. He may also go by the moniker “Tiger 6″ or “Tiger.” He has been charged with first degree murder in an April 2007 homicide in the Central District. He [...]

On March 11th, at approximately 4:12 AM, East Precinct officers responded to a call of a stabbing in the 1700 Block of Bellevue Avenue. Officers located a 23 year old male who had been stabbed in his left arm. The Seattle Fire Department was summoned to treat the victim for his wound. A description of [...]