Seattle Police will keep main dispatch channels open, but will enhance encryption on radio channels used for tactical communications and sharing sensitive and personal information. In Quarter 2 of 2026, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) will enha...
In the interest of transparency, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is releasing the body-worn video from the officer-involved shooting on Friday, June 20. The department is also releasing the name of the SPD officer involved in this shooting: Officer Leonardo Bassi Rodriguez. This officer is on administrative leave. The following video… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives are investigating a homicide in the University District this morning. At about 4:30 a.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a man down in the 4700 block of University Way Northeast. There, they located a victim on the sidewalk with life-threatening injuries. The Seattle Fire Department (SFD)… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police homicide detectives are investigating a near-fatal shooting in South Seattle Wednesday morning. On June 18, at about 10:40 a.m., patrol officers responded to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) after a 49-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound (GSW) to the hip arrived at the hospital. Around 11: 00 a.m.,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers are investigating the stabbing of a 34-year-old man in Queen Anne early this morning. At 1:48 a.m., patrol officers responded to reports of an assault outside of a gas station in the 600 block of Elliot Avenue West. Police located a victim, alert and conscious, with a… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police arrested a 33-year-old suspect early Friday morning after he fired a shot at officers, ran away and jumped into the water near Pritchard Island Beach and the Atlantic City Boat Ramp in South Seattle. Officers were first called to the 8400 block of 55th Avenue South on June… [ Keep reading ]
On June 18, detectives from Seattle Police Department’s Gun Violence Reduction Unit located and arrested a suspect, Sedric Stevenson, at a residence in Seattle. The detectives are assigned to the U.S. Marshals Task Force. Stevenson had been on the run since May 5, when he escaped during a transfer at… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers are investigating a violent stabbing in Queen Anne this morning that left a man seriously injured. At 4:33 a.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a stabbing near 5th Avenue North and Mercer Street. There, they located a victim suffering from multiple stab wounds with the knife… [ Keep reading ]
A 59-year-old man was arrested for a series of threatening phone calls made to staff at a private school in the 100 block of North 79th Street Tuesday morning. On June 17 at about 9:37 a.m., staff members called 911 to report that a man they knew had made repeated aggressive… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers are investigating after a woman was shot in Belltown last night. On June 17, at about 11:20 p.m., patrol officers responded to 2nd Avenue and Bell Street where the Seattle Fire Department were treating the victim, who sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to her arm. An American… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives are investigating a fatal collision involving a 49-year-old woman in Capitol Hill this morning. At 6:30 a.m., patrol officers responded to a vehicle and pedestrian crash in the 1500 block of Boylston Avenue East. Police and the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) arrived on scene. SFD transported the… [ Keep reading ]
