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Police Need Your Help Finding Suspects In Pioneer Square Shooting

UPDATE: Police have identified all of the people seen in this video, but still need help locating the vehicle seen in the video and those responsible for Westbrook’s murder. The Seattle Police Department needs the public’s help in finding the person who indiscriminately opened fire in Pioneer Square Sunday morning,… [ Keep reading ]

Officers Looking For Bank Robber In Rainier Beach

Seattle police officers are searching the Rainier Beach area for a man suspected in a bank robbery Tuesday afternoon. Around 1:15 pm, the suspect walked into a bank inside of a grocery store near 51st Avenue S. and Rainier Avenue S., demanded money from a teller, and then fled on… [ Keep reading ]

Buy bust operation in Belltown

On April 23rd, just after 8:00 pm, members of the West Precinct Anti-Crime Team, along with the bicycle squad  were conducting a narcotics buy-bust operation in Belltown.  An undercover officer was posing as a potential drug buyer at 2nd Avenue and Battery Street.  He had just purchased suspected crack cocaine from… [ Keep reading ]

Traffic Stop, Foot Pursuit and Arrest of Two Suspects

On April 24th at approximately 12:22 a.m. officers stopped a vehicle in the 9800 block of Renton Avenue South for running a red light.  Just as the suspect vehicle came to a stop two male suspects (the driver and front seat passenger) exited the vehicle and took off running.  Officers gave chase and observed both… [ Keep reading ]

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

The Seattle Police Department is in the training and evaluation stages of deploying an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).  Since first exploring the possibilities and advantages of an unmanned aerial program to the present day, nothing has changed substantively.  The possible use of a UAV by SPD has been in the… [ Keep reading ]

Public’s assistance being sought

On 4/22/12, just shortly after 2:00 a.m., multiple shots were fired from a vehicle, in the area of 2nd Ave and Yesler Way.  Officers in the nearby area responded and located the 21-year-old female victim down on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck.  The victim and her boyfriend… [ Keep reading ]

Stabbing in University District, suspect arrested

On April 22nd, at approximately 8:45 pm, North Precinct officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 5200 Block of University Way NE.  Officers arrived and located a male victim, shirtless, sitting on the sidewalk holding paper towels against an apparent stab wound to the left side of… [ Keep reading ]

Road rage incident on Alki, suspect arrested

On April 22nd, just before 7:00 pm, a Southwest Precinct officer working as part of the Alki Emphasis, was flagged down by a motorcyclist at Alki Avenue Southwest and Marine Avenue Southwest.  The complainant stated that just moments earlier a man driving a white Hyundai had intentionally struck his motorcycle… [ Keep reading ]

Vehicles exchange gunfire in a South Seattle neighborhood

On 4/22/12, at approximately 7:15 p.m., the victim left his house in the 4600 block of S. Holden and got into a white truck driven by a friend and drove E/B on S. Holden St.  At the corner of 48th Av S and S. Holden St. they were met by gunfire from… [ Keep reading ]

Shots fired

On 4/22/2012, at 6:32 p.m., 911 received several calls reporting “shots fired” in the area of the 5300 blk of 32 Avenue South. The callers reported that two vehicles were involved in the incident. Officers in the nearby area also heard the shots and arrived in the area as the… [ Keep reading ]