Seattle Police are investigating after a shooting victim showed up at a Renton hospital early Thursday. Officers responded to reports of gunfire at Renton Ave S and S Henderson St. shortly after midnight, but were unable to find any victims, damage or evidence of a shooting. However, about an hour later, a Renton hospital… [ Keep reading ]
SEATTLE (May 21, 2015) – Today Mayor Murray and Chief of Police Kathleen O’Toole announced SPD Safe Place, a public education and visibility campaign aimed at preventing and responding to anti-LGBT bias crimes. “Seattle welcomes all people,” said Mayor Ed Murray. “There is no place for bigotry or harassment in… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police used crisis intervention training, negotiation tactics, and less-lethal tools to take a 17-year-old into custody Wednesday after he armed himself with a knife and confronted officers outside his family’s Greenwood home. Police received a call just before 4 PM from the teen’s family, who said the boy was distraught, possibly on narcotics,… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a teenager Tuesday night after he pistol-whipped a woman and fired a shot at a another teen during a fight in a Columbia City park. Witnesses began calling 911 at 8 PM when they saw two teenaged boys fighting at the Rainier Playfield basketball courts. When the teens briefly separated, one boy pulled… [ Keep reading ]
Today, I provided this letter to our partners at the Community Police Commission, after receiving their feedback (PDF) on SPD’s demonstration management practices: Thank you for continuing your work to gather and provide feedback from our community. Enhancing community trust is of paramount importance to the Seattle Police Department, and I genuinely value… [ Keep reading ]
Officers seized a pistol and arrested five young teens after they robbed a man and a woman at gunpoint early Wednesday in a Capitol Hill park. Several witnesses called 911 around 12:30 AM when they saw a group of teens assaulting a man and woman in Cal Anderson Park. One witness told police… [ Keep reading ]
Officers have arrested the suspect after a man was stabbed in the chest Tuesday evening in Pioneer Square. Shortly before 10:00 PM, police were called to the area of 1 Ave S and S Washington St when a man was stabbed in the chest. Medics transported the man to Harborview Medical… [ Keep reading ]
Officers are searching for a group of men after a street robbery Monday afternoon in the South Park neighborhood. Witnesses called 911 after hearing a single gunshot at 14 and S Donovan St. Officers arrived and found a 20-year-old man with a cut on his face, who said he had been… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested two people after they fired a gun in a South Beacon Hill park. Witnesses began calling 911 at 10:30 Friday night to report shots fired at Van Asselt Playfield. Officers quickly arrived and stopped multiple cars attempting to leave the park. An officer approached the 18-year-old driver of… [ Keep reading ]
A woman’s 1998 Ford Mustang came through in the clutch Thursday night after an armed carjacker’s attempts to steal her car at gunpoint were foiled by the vehicle’s manual transmission. The victim of the attempted carjacking had just pulled into the parking lot of a Wendy’s in the 2500 block of Rainier Avenue S. around… [ Keep reading ]
