On April 17th, at approximately 3:30 AM, South Precinct officers responded to a residence in the 6400 Block of Shaffer Avenue South on a report of shots fired into the house.  After checking the home to ensure that no one was injured, the officers interviewed the occupants.  It appears that this incident may have been [...]

On April 15th, at approximately 9:10 PM, South Precinct officers responded to a 911 of a stabbing in the 5900 Block of 37th Avenue South.  Officers arrived and located a man inside an apartment who had been stabbed in the upper back and had a large laceration over his right eye.  The victim told officers [...]

On Saturday, April 17th, the Seattle Police Department will join other law enforcement agencies throughout Washington in supporting the Special Olympics of Washington by participating in the annual “Tip-A-Cop” fundraiser.  SPD will be teaming up with the Northgate Red Robin restaurant (401 NE Northgate Way) and having officers work in tandem with Red Robin servers [...]

On April 15th, at approximately 11:34 AM, West Precinct officers responded to a call of a burglary in progress in the 2900 Block of 24th Avenue West.  The homeowner called 911 to report that a man was breaking into his house.  Patrol officers, traffic officers, and Robbery Unit detectives that were in the area all [...]

On April 12th, at approximately 11:47 PM, West Precinct officers responded to a call of a possible burglary in progress in the 1200 Block of Mercer Street.  A resident of a 7th floor apartment in the 500 Block of Pontius Avenue North heard glass breaking and saw a male climbing into a second floor window [...]

On April 10th between 12:35 and a little after 1:00  AM, three armed street robberies occurred on Capitol Hill, at Summit and Harrison, Summit and Union, and 15th and Union.  All of the victims were accosted while walking on the street.  The suspects in each of these robberies were described as black males, late teens,  [...]

On April 12th at approximately 12:57 a.m. officers responded to the 1100 block of North 115th Street for a report of shots fired.  Shortly thereafter another 911 call came in reporting a man shot.  Officers arrived on scene and located an adult male victim on the south side of the street who had sustained what appeared to be two [...]

On April 11th at approximately 3:09 a.m. multiple uniformed patrol car units, SPD Harbor Patrol, SFD Harbor Patrol and the Coast Guard jointly responded to a 911 call from a transient male who had been walking along the shoreline approximately one-half mile south of the Discovery Park lighthouse and had become trapped as the tide [...]

On April 9th at approximately 3:15 p.m. an adult male suspect entered a gift shop inside a hospital in the 200 block of 16th Avenue East while employees were in a back room.  A store employee heard a noise and came up front to see the suspect with the store’s cash register in his arms.  [...]

On April 9th at approximately Noon a demonstration began on Capitol Hill.  This was an apparent anarchist event.  Uniformed patrol officers, bicycle patrol officers, and mounted patrol officers staffed the event.  The event was peaceful at first.  At about 1:00 p.m. an unknown person in the crowd threw a light bulb filled with red paint at a [...]