Seattle Police Department Statement The Seattle Police Department strongly opposes any accommodation being provided to a charged murderer. It is our understanding that Christopher Monfort is currently being held in isolation. He is awaiting trial for the murder of Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton and the attempted murder of Seattle Police Officer Britt Sweeney. We [...]
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Man Grazed By Bullet Outside South Seattle Apartment
One man was grazed by a bullet outside a south Seattle apartment building Thursday night in a shooting now under investigation by gang detectives. Around 11 pm Thursday, the 26-year-old victim was standing on his porch outside his apartment near Claremont Avenue S. and S. Byron Street, near the Mt. Baker neighborhood, when he saw a [...]
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Alert Greenwood resident helps nab four criminals
An alert resident saw two suspicious men in the secure parking garage of his apartment complex in Greenwood early this morning and called 911. The caller reported that he was watching them just before 5:00 am as they looked into cars and entered at least one near N. 105th St. and Greenwood Avenue North. The [...]
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Disturbance, shots fired outside Capitol Hill club
Police responded to an early morning report of a disturbance and shots fired outside a club in the 1700 Block of East Olive Way. Just before 1:00 am, East Precinct officers responded to the call of a disturbance involving several people that had begun inside the club on the dance floor and then continued out [...]
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