The department thanks the Office of Professional Accountability director for his Management Recommendations concerning May Day 2015. The Seattle Police Department is committed to continuous improvement of its crowd management policies and practices – even when things go well, there are lessons that can be learned. National events over the… [ Keep reading ]
Original post: Seattle police are working to locate a missing Seattle Firefighter after he did not arrive for a scheduled work shift Thursday evening. Colleagues of Joshua Ryan Milton, 36, contacted police when he did not arrive for his 5:30 PM shift as a paramedic student at Harborview Medical Center…. [ Keep reading ]
A 36-year-old man is under investigation by the Seattle Police Department’s bias crimes detectives after he reportedly attacked a ride-share driver Wednesday and accused him of working for a terrorist group. The incident began just before 9 PM when three men called for a ride-share in southwest Seattle. The victim in the… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a burglary suspect after he returned to the store where he had used a stolen bank card to buy a flashlight and bandanna. Officers responded to a burglary that happened as the residents slept nearby in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 5th in the 3600 block of… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: 1/7/2016: The King County Medical Examiner has determined that the 16-year-old’s death was accidental, the result of an “unintentional fall from a building.” —– The Seattle Police Department is conducting a death investigation after a 16-year-old student died after falling from a balcony in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on… [ Keep reading ]
Original Post: Seattle Police Department investigators are piecing together the trail of a 35-year-old violent felon after he brandished two handguns at several downtown businesses Sunday, carjacked three vehicles and fired on officers before a fatal confrontation with police in Northeast Seattle. Detectives from the department’s Force Investigation Team and Investigations… [ Keep reading ]
A 38-year-old man was critically wounded Sunday night around 7 PM after he was beaten by another male in Victor Steinbrueck Park. A witness saw a man choking another man on the ground in the park. The witness was able to pull the suspect off the victim but the suspect returned to the unconscious… [ Keep reading ]
Update 12/8: Detectives arrested suspect Si Phu in the South Seattle area Tuesday morning and will book him into the King County Jail for Investigation of Homicide. Update 12/7: Detectives have identified the victim as a 14-year-old family member of the suspect. Police continue to search for the 24-year-old suspect. A 24-year-old… [ Keep reading ]
One man was killed in a shootout with police Sunday after he stole two vehicles at gunpoint in separate incidents in Belltown and Montlake and fired at officers while leading them on a chase through northeast Seattle. Today’s incident began around 12:30 PM when the suspect entered a downtown coffee shop… [ Keep reading ]
A man who called police on Thursday to report a burglary in his Rainier Valley home is now under investigation for animal abuse after officers found dozens of fowl and signs of cockfighting in his backyard. A homeowner called police around 1 PM after he arrived at his house in the… [ Keep reading ]
