Seattle Police Department arson investigators believe heavy rainfall thwarted an overnight attempt to burn down a Central District development. Just after 7 AM Monday, police were called to the development near 21st Ave E and E Fir Street, after a work crew found someone had thrown two Molotov cocktail incendiaries… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police negotiators and a SWAT team were called to the University District Monday after a man attacked a University of Washington police officer and barricaded himself inside a trailer. Just before noon on Monday, UW police received a report that a man armed with a baseball bat was damaging… [ Keep reading ]
Update 3/15/2016: The department is releasing five additional photographs of the firearm, taken on or about June 11, 2015. These photos were placed on the City’s computer system on March 3, 2016, and added to the investigative file shortly thereafter. They are now viewable in a gallery at the bottom of this… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police were called to a home in the Brighton neighborhood early this morning after two burglars opened fire on a man after he caught them breaking into his house. Around 2:30 AM, the victim was asleep in the lower floor of his home in the 4600 block of S…. [ Keep reading ]
