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Train/Pedestrian Collision North of Downtown

Officers are actively investigating a train/pedestrian collision that occurred in the area of Elliott Avenue West and West Lee Street.  At approximately 5:19 a.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a train/pedestrian collision.  Preliminary investigation indicates that the train operator brought his train to a halt after realizing that… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Seize Three Guns After Car Flees Shooting Scene, Gets Stuck On Railroad Tracks

Police seized three handguns and arrested two men after a car connected with a shooting on Capitol Hill turned up stuck on some railroad tracks in SoDo. Just after 2:15 am this morning, an East Precinct officer patrolling along Broadway heard a series of gunshots coming from 10th Avenue and… [ Keep reading ]

We Drone’t Want Any Misunderstanding

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Drones. Flying Robots. Call them what you want. Just don’t call them ours. The SPD UAV program ended on February 7th. There are no plans to reinstate it. While the vehicles haven’t been returned to the vendor – a proposition more complex than expected – we’re still… [ Keep reading ]

Burglar Goes On Supermarket Sweep In SoDo (UPDATED)

Update 4/2: Proving once again that you’ll always find something in the last place you look, detectives learned the suspect was already in jail for a Department of Corrections violation. An SPD crime analyst recognized the man in the video and gave detectives a heads-up to check the jail. The… [ Keep reading ]

Burglar Arrested After Breaking into Ravenna Home

A 44-year 0ld man is in jail today  after he was arrested  fleeing  a Ravenna neighborhood home last night.  Last night,  just before 10:00 pm, North Precinct officers responded to a report of a  residential burglaryin the 2100 Block of NE 83rd Street.  The call indicated that the homeowner had just returned… [ Keep reading ]

Vehicle/Pedestrian Double Fatality Collision in North Seattle

Officers and detectives continue to actively investigate a collision that left two people dead and a woman and infant with life-threatening injuries.  At approximately 4:10 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call of a vehicle/pedestrian collision at 33rd Avenue NE and NE 75th Street.  Preliminary investigation indicates that a 50-year-old man was… [ Keep reading ]

Suspect being sought in hit & run collision to pedestrian

A suspect is wanted for running down a pedestrian in downtown this morning.  At approximately 8:45 a.m., a Motorcycle Officer was conducting a traffic stop on a gold-colored Chrysler in the 1200 block of 3rd Avenue.  The sedan was stopped for violating the 3rd Avenue peak hour restrictions.  The traffic stop was conducted in northbound… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Arrest Half-Naked Man For Emptying Fire Extinguisher In West Seattle Bar

Just after 1 am this morning, police received a report that a man was exposing himself inside a West Seattle bar, where he had thrown “some kind of smoke” like some sort of half-naked wizard. Officers arrived at the  Yen Wor Village Restaurant and Bar, near California Ave SW and SW… [ Keep reading ]

Mid-day collision left two people seriously injured

Two people seriously injured in a two vehicle collision. Today just shortly after 2:00 p.m., a Toyota SUV was travelling northbound, mid-block of the 1900 blk of 4 Ave.  At this time a VW Jetta turned into the Toyota causing it to overturn onto a parked car. Seattle Fire (SFD)… [ Keep reading ]

Man arrested after assaulting Newspaper Delivery Man

Two suspects tried to rob the newspaper delivery man. This morning just shortly before 7:00 a.m., the victim was outside of his van at 9th NE and NE 48th St when two suspects accosted him and one suspect attempted to twice snatch his key ring away from him. The victim… [ Keep reading ]