Detectives are investigating a one-vehicle collision that resulted in two children being transported to the hospital with injuries. At approximately 4:09 p.m. officers responded to 911 reports of a vehicle that collided into a pole just south of the intersection of 23rd Avenue and East Jefferson Street. Preliminary investigation indicates that the adult female driver was [...]
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Assault on Capitol Hill Street This Morning, Suspect Arrested
A 33-year-old man is behind bars in the King County Jail after police responded to a report of an assault this morning at Bellevue Avenue East and East Pine Street. At 7:48 this morning, East Precinct officers responded to the above location for a report of a man on top of an unconscious man, hitting [...]
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Update to Swedish Hospital Nurse Investigation
Here is a follow up to the incident that occurred at Swedish Hospital in April. Detectives were able to identify the suspect from hospital surveillance video. The woman has been interviewed by detectives. The City Attorney’s Office has charged Rachel Nezat with two counts of property destruction and one count of criminal trespass in the [...]
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Officers Catch Sex Offender Literally With His Pants Down In Cal Anderson Park
It was just after 12:45 pm on a Sunny Sunday afternoon as East Precinct Bike Patrol officers were rolling through Cal Anderson Park. Cal Anderson was crowded, with lots of families and small children playing in the park, which made it all the more alarming when they received a report of a man sitting by the [...]
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Five suspects arrested for Malicious Harassment
Five suspects were arrested for viciously attacking a man on Capitol Hill. On 5/29/13, just shortly before 10:00 p.m., a witness flagged down an officer to report that he saw 6 or 7 men assaulting an unknown black male. The witness went on to say that while the group was assaulting the man they were yelling racial and [...]
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UPDATE: Shooting in the Central District
Officers continue to search for the suspect in a shooting in the Central District that left one man wounded. At approximately 5:18 p.m. officers responded to 911 calls of shots fired in the alley behind the 900 block of 26th Avenue. Preliminary investigation indicates that the adult male victim was exiting his gated yard into [...]
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Man Wounded In Shooting At 26th and Spring
One man was wounded in a shooting in the Central District Thursday evening. At about 5:15 pm, several people called 911 and reported hearing gunfire near 26th Ave and Spring Street. At the scene, police found a man in his 30s, with a gunshot wound to his leg. Medics transported the man to Harborview and Officers [...]
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*Update* Detectives Investigating Shooting Involving Uniformed Security Guard
Detectives are actively investigating a shooting involving a uniformed security guard and an armed man. At approximately 7:06 p.m. officers responded to calls of shots fired in a parking lot on the northeast corner of 23rd Avenue South and South Jackson Street. Preliminary investigation indicates that a group of men were involved in a fight disturbance in the [...]
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Update to Shooting Incident on MLK
Here is some updated information from the shooting investigation last night on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South: Just before 2:00 AM this morning, the second suspect called 911 from Tukwila. He stated that he was the registered owner of the handgun police had recovered from the scene and was involved in the shooting. Seattle [...]
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Shots Fired Across MLK, Woman Shot in the Leg
*This information is preliminary and subject to change* Officers have one suspect in custody and continue to look for others in what appears to be an exchange of gunfire across MLK. On May 19th at approximately 11:53 p.m. officers responded to 911 calls of multiple shots fired in the 2800 block of South Norman Street. [...]
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