Seattle police collected a total of 712 guns during Saturday’s Seattle/King County gun buyback . Breaking it down, SPD collected 364 rifles and 348 pistols, including a Stinger missile launcher tube and three Street Sweeper shotguns, and officers handed out more than $68,000 worth of gift cards in less than four hours. Most… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man early this morning after he had broken into a building under construction and began causing a disturbance inside. He then threatened to jump from the roof. After several hours of negotiating, he gave up and was taken into custody. Officers initially responded to a possible shots… [ Keep reading ]
A gunman opened fire in a Central District bar Sunday evening, wounding two people, before he was shot by an officer when they confronted him inside the business. The gunman walked into the Twilight Exit , near 25th and E. Cherry and confronted his ex-girlfriend. At one point, the suspect pulled out… [ Keep reading ]
A car stopped briefly in front of a house in the 7300 Block of 32nd Avenue SW and the person(s) inside the vehicle fired at least 5 shots at the residence. A man and woman were home at the time, but fortunately, there were no injuries. At about 1:15 pm… [ Keep reading ]
Officers responded to a report of a large college party in the U District. When officers arrived, they were informed that an armed robbery had actually occurred at the residence about 10 to 15 minutes earlier. Just after 1:00 this morning, officers responded to the 4700 Block of 21st Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
We’ve received a number of questions about one particular item collected at today’s buyback, so we will try and provide some clarification: A man standing outside the gun buyback event this afternoon was showing his recently purchased launch tube assembly for a Stinger portable surface-to-air missile. Naturally, this created a… [ Keep reading ]
A restaurant was burglarized early this morning and a witness reported seeing two suspects flee. The suspects were not located, despite an area check by officers. West Precinct officers responded to an alarm call at Plaza Garibaldi, a restaurant in the 100 Block of 1st Avenue North at around 4:20… [ Keep reading ]
Great response to today’s event. We had no idea the number of people who would show up to turn in their unwanted guns in exchange for gift cards. The response was so great in fact, that we ended up shutting down early just to ensure we had enough gift cards for everyone… [ Keep reading ]
A suspect detectives have been searching for was arrested last night after investigators received information that he was staying at a motel in North Seattle. David Hansen, 25, was the suspect detectives were attempting to arrest earlier this week on 29th Avenue South when he fled from officers. He was… [ Keep reading ]
Southwest Precinct officers seized a gun, impounded two cars, and arrested eight teenagers in Roxhill Park Friday evening, and are now investigating possible connections between the teens and several burglaries and robberies, including two recent armed muggings in Roxhill Park. Following the muggings earlier this week, Southwest Precinct officers stepped… [ Keep reading ]
