Police have arrested the primary suspect in last weekend’s University District robbery and assault spree . Detectives developed information about a possible suspect from evidence left during the 30 minute span of violence and sent that information out to patrol officers. On Monday, October 1st, just before 6:00 pm, the… [ Keep reading ]
Yesterday, just before 3:00 pm, Harbor Unit officers responded to a call in the middle of Lake Washington, near Sand Point, of a capasized 14 foot sailboat. The call indicated that there were two people in the water, clinging to the vessel. Officers on the patrol boat responded and located… [ Keep reading ]
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed in a South Seattle neighborhood this morning. Just shortly before 4:00 a.m., residents in the Dunlap neighborhood, near 54 Av S and S. Grattan PL S heard multiple gunshots. One caller looked out their window and saw a person sitting in a vehicle,… [ Keep reading ]
We’re feeling a bit sheepish. It turns out we gave you all some baaaaaaahd information earlier this week when we identified a ruminant found wandering near Beacon Avenue S. and S. Leo Street as a goat. According to the Seattle Animal Shelter’s Don Baxter, the animal appears to actually be… [ Keep reading ]
Yesterday at about 4:30 pm, a suspect walked into the the Homestreet Bank located in the 8200 Block of 35th Avenue NE and demanded money from the teller. He was armed with a black semi-auto handgun. The suspect received an undisclosed amount of cash and the fled the bank on foot,… [ Keep reading ]
One woman was wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in the Genesee neighborhood. Gang detectives were called to Swedish Hospital on First Hill at about 7:30 pm after a woman showed up in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to her wrist. The woman said she and… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives have obtained a photo of the truck by the man wanted for a serious hit and run collision in South Seattle this morning, and and are hoping the public can help them find the driver who struck a teenager and then fled the scene. Witnesses have told police the… [ Keep reading ]
Here are the total amounts, per precinct, of Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day: East Precinct-68 pounds West Precinct-59 pounds Southwest Precinct-199 pounds South Precinct-36 pounds North Precinct-147 pounds Total weight: 509 pounds. Thank you all that participated, and there will be another opportunity in the Spring.
Detectives are looking for a white (possibly Chevy) truck and its driver in connection to a hit and run collision that left an 18-year-old male in serious condition. On Tuesday October 2, 2012 at approximately 7:16 a.m., an 18 year-old male pedestrian was crossing Rainier Avenue South from west to east at South Elmgrove… [ Keep reading ]
One Central District gang house has become a frequent enough target of shootings that, after another bout of gunfire last night, residents of the house were unable to tell officers which bullet holes on the outside of the home were new, and which were old. Just before midnight Monday, police… [ Keep reading ]
