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8-Vehicle Fatality Collision Shuts Down Roadway

Elliott Avenue was closed down for approximately seven hours today as detectives investigated an eight-vehicle fatality crash.  It all started at approximately 6:23 a.m.  Based on preliminary investigation, Seattle Police Traffic Collision Investigation Squad detectives believe the adult male driver of a 2006 Jeep SUV was traveling north in the 1400 block… [ Keep reading ]

Vehicular Mayhem Downtown

Police believe that a man on drugs is responsible for a serious collision that left two people injured.  At approximately 2:56 p.m. the suspect was driving a black Volvo station wagon southbound in the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue and collided into a parked car, a Mazda 4-door sedan.  A postal service truck was parked in… [ Keep reading ]

Man Threatens Neighbors, Gets A Visit From the SWAT Team

Police evacuated part of a Belltown apartment building Monday night and called in a SWAT team to arrest a suspect, who threatened to “put a bullet” in a man on the street. Around 9:45pm, a man and a woman were standing at 1st avenue and Eagle Street, when the suspect—who… [ Keep reading ]

Man wounded in South Seattle shooting

A gun wielding suspect ambushed two pedestrians in a South Seattle neighborhood last night. South Precinct officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 42 Avenue S. and S. Thistle Street just after 10 p.m. Officers found an injured 23 year old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his… [ Keep reading ]