A 26-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center Wednesday after scaling a downtown building so he could pray and “be closer to God” only to fall from his perch. Around 6:30 a.m. officers were summoned to 5 Ave and Pike Street when a man high on a ledge above a storefront awning began calling… [ Keep reading ]
After receiving complaints from neighbors about an overwhelming smell emanating from a large marijuana grow operation, the Seattle Police Narcotics Unit and Anti-Crime Team officers served a warrant—signed a King County District Court judge—at a home and a warehouse in West Seattle and another house on Beacon Hill Tuesday evening, and recovered what… [ Keep reading ]
After thorough investigation by homicide detectives, Seattle police are now searching for additional suspects in connection with a double fatal shooting early Sunday morning at 29th and King St. Police initially received information linking Matalepuna Malu, 26, to the murders, and are now working to identify other suspects in the… [ Keep reading ]
Following the recommendation of the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, Seattle Police Chief Harry Bailey has cleared an SPD officer in a 2010 misconduct case, in which the officer was involved in an off-duty altercation outside a Ballard bar. The letter from the City Attorney’s Office, explaining how expert testimony impacted this… [ Keep reading ]
As part of the implementation of Seattle Police Department’s 2012 settlement agreement with the Department of Justice, SPD command staff assigned Bob Scales to act as a liaison between the department and the Community Police Commission (CPC). The CPC asked Mr. Scales to produce a preliminary analysis of stops, citations… [ Keep reading ]
A 16-year-old male and his friend where chased by a mob of teens who tried to robbed them. On 6/2/14, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the juvenile victim was walking with his friend E/B on E Pine St on his way to visit his mother who works at the Shell Station on… [ Keep reading ]
SPD officers were finishing up paperwork in the East Precinct’s write-up room around 11 AM Sunday morning when another officer walked in and announced there was a fire in the alley behind the precinct. Officers walked out to the alley—just west of 12th Avenue and Pine Street—and saw a man standing… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department’s two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have moved to a sunnier climate and are now in the hands of our law enforcement partners at the Los Angeles Police Department. The SPD UAV program was mothballed in 2013 over public concerns about privacy issues. The department had initially intended… [ Keep reading ]
A man was covered in green juice and a young runner was struck by a frozen chicken breast when an unruly woman hurled garbage from her fifth floor apartment into a crowd during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure fundraiser on Sunday. Around 9:30 AM, officers working traffic control during the Susan G. Komen run—which raises… [ Keep reading ]
Two men were murdered in the 500 block of 29 Ave. South early this morning. Officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the area of S. King St. and 29 Ave. South and arrived in under a minute. They found two young men lying in the street both… [ Keep reading ]
