This Sunday, as Seattle police officers start their shifts and file into roll calls at precincts around the city, they’ll be greeted with a map of their precincts. Each map will be speckled with red boxes, forecasting areas where officers might be more likely to catch a burglar breaking into a home, or a prowler [...]
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Man Stabbed in Cal Anderson Park During Altercation
Police remain on the lookout for the suspect in a stabbing that occurred in Cal Anderson Park tonight. At approximately 8:53 p.m. officers responded to Broadway Avenue and East Pine Street to contact a male victim who had been stabbed a short time earlier (the victim walked to that location to call 911). After interviewing [...]
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Recognize Any of These May Day 2013 Rioters?
Detectives need your help identifying eight suspects wanted for assault, property damage and rioting on May Day 2013. Please take a look through our photo gallery of the eight suspects—along with a list of crimes they’re wanted for—and check out the three videos further down the page. If you recognize any of the suspects, please [...]
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Man Stabbed in Cal Anderson Park, Suspect in Custody
Officers apprehended a male suspect responsible for stabbing another man during an altercation in Cal Anderson Park this evening. At approximately 9:50 p.m. officers responded to 911 calls of a stabbing in Cal Anderson Park located in the 1600 block of 11th Avenue. Upon arrival officers located the victim, a male in his 20′s, who had [...]
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Homicide in the Central District
Officers are investigating a shooting that took the life of a man in the Central District early this morning. At approximately 4:26 a.m. officers responded to 911 calls of shots fired near 22nd Avenue South and South Main Street. Upon arrival in the area officers located a man lying on the ground in a [...]
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Woman Attacked at Cal Anderson Park Early This Morning
A woman walked into the East Precinct early this morning to report an attempted sexual assault/lewd act that happened shortly after 4:00 this morning in Cal Anderson Park. The woman stated that she was walking through the park at that hour when she heard a man yelling for assistance. The woman told officers the man [...]
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Everything That Happened on May Day 2013
With the exception of a few minor scuffles between clowns and our local superheroes, the 13th Annual May Day March for Worker and Immigrant Rights was a complete success and went off without a hitch. But two hours after that march ended, at about 6 pm, another group of demonstrators smashed windows, hurled rocks [...]
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What You Need to Know About May Day 2013 (UPDATED)
This post has been updated since it was posted at 5:36 pm on 4/30 Tomorrow is May Day, which means you’ll see a large crowd winding its way through the Central District and downtown Seattle during the afternoon and evening as part of the 13th Annual May Day March for Worker and Immigrant Rights. The [...]
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*Update*Double shooting in the Central District-Suspect(s) at large
Gunfire erupted this evening in Seattle’s Central District, leaving two men with serious injuries. Just shortly before 7:00 p.m. multiple calls came into 9-1-1 reporting shots fired in the area of 400 MLK Jr. Wy. The two victims were located in the parking lot of the Quick Pack Food Mart, 2616 S. Jackson. One victim, [...]
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Vandal (or Rogue Chicken) Wanted for Egging Car, Attempted Hot Tub Poaching
Seattle police are working to crack a tough case after some fowl fiend threw an egg into a Madrona man’s car and then cracked a dozen more into his backyard hot tub over the weekend. Appropriately, Officer Samuel Byrd (no yolk) was called to a home near 36th Ave and East Pike Street Saturday afternoon to [...]
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