Update x 2: Detectives have located and impounded the red Chevy Tahoe believed to be involved in the hit and run collision of a 7-year-old girl . Investigators are still soliciting tips from anyone who may have information about the person driving the vehicle at the time of the collision. Traffic collision… [ Keep reading ]
Today, the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) released a report highlighting problems related to overtime spending in the SPD Education and Training Section (ETS) in 2013. While there were no sustained charges against any individuals in the SPD, serious systemic problems were highlighted. OPA found that supervisors in ETS failed… [ Keep reading ]
A 19-year-old man wanted in connection with last week’s fatal shooting at 2nd and Yesler is in jail, thanks to Federal Way police. Seattle Police Department homicide detectives have been searching for the 19-year-old murder suspect since last Thursday when, detectives say, he opened fire on a man on the street, fatally wounding him,… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after a man was found stabbed downtown early Tuesday morning. Officers were dispatched to investigate a fight at 4 Ave. and Pine St. just after 1:30 a.m. Officers arrived and found a man stabbed on the sidewalk and a car parked precariously in the middle of Pine… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives want help finding Calvin E. Beaver, a 55-year-old Seattle man suspected of breaking into a Columbia City theater and stealing more than $1,500 in cash last week. Police were called to a burglary in the 4900 block of Rainier Ave South about 11 PM on September 21st. The suspect… [ Keep reading ]
Officers are searching for a suspect after they were approached by a man in South Seattle who had been shot multiple times early Sunday morning. Officers were sent to 12 South and South Trenton St. for reports of an argument somewhere in the area, but when they arrived they were… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating an overnight shooting that left multiple cars damaged and two cars abandoned in the Mount Baker neighborhood. Officers began receiving multiple calls of shots fired at 10:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of 26th Ave. South. When they arrived, they found a car crashed into a fence and… [ Keep reading ]
Bike officers working an East Precinct emphasis patrol arrested an armed felon early this morning after the man ran through Capitol Hill’s crowded streets while brandishing a handgun. Police received 911 calls about the armed man running down the street near Broadway and E. Union Street shortly before 2 AM, just as… [ Keep reading ]
Use of force by police officers has been the subject of much discussion in Seattle and elsewhere in our country. As Chief, it is my duty to provide clear direction to my officers and to ensure that they have the training, equipment and support to do their jobs safely and… [ Keep reading ]
A man spotted fleeing a Capitol Hill adult emporium last Saturday with nearly $400 worth of intimate items has aroused the attention of East Precinct theft detectives. Staff at the Castle Adult Megastore—located near Broadway and E. John Street—called police around 10:20 p.m. and reported they had been making recommendations to the… [ Keep reading ]
