Seattle’s famous sky-high tourist attraction is still standing after police received reports of a drone crash Tuesday at the Space Needle. Space Needle security called police just before 8:30 PM after several guests reported seeing a small drone buzz the top of the Needle, and possibly crash into an observation Deck window…. [ Keep reading ]
A bank security guard and a second man were both seriously injured by gunfire Thursday morning after the two men fought over the guard’s gun outside a Central District bank. Police received 911 calls about gunfire outside a bank at 23rd Avenue and Jackson Street just after 11 AM, followed by… [ Keep reading ]
Mike Severance’s quest started with a shotgun blast on April 23, 1985. That’s the day Seattle Police Officer Dale Eggers was killed after a gunman shot him in the head in a bank robbery on Beacon Hill. Officer Severance, now a silver-haired, 45-year veteran of the force, remembers thinking at the time… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a knife-wielding man on Capitol Hill early this morning after he pulled a knife on two people inside a grocery store while in the midst of a homophobic rant. A man and woman were shopping at the QFC at Broadway and E Pike around 1 AM when the suspect began leering at the… [ Keep reading ]
The Alaska Airlines Seafair Torchlight Parade is this Saturday, and if last year’s Torchlight Parade and this year’s Seahawks Superbowl victory parade are any indication, our region’s privately-owned cellular networks may become taxed by throngs of cell-phone wielding revelers. If you’re unable to reach our 911 Call Center in the… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after three armed men forced their way into a South Seattle home early this morning and robbed a family at knife and gunpoint. The victims were sleeping in their home in the 4600 block of South Orcas St—in the Hillman City neighborhood—when they awoke around 3:45 AM to… [ Keep reading ]
Do you know where detectives can find Lemel Groce? Police believe Groce—a.k.a. “Lil’ Soup”—was one of three men suspected of robbing a 15-year-old at gunpoint in the Brighton neighborhood last week.
SPD Arson investigators and Seattle fire marshals are investigating a suspicious blaze, which consumed the porch of a home in the Roosevelt neighborhood early this morning.
A drunk driver careened through downtown Seattle late Friday, colliding head-on with a valet in an Audi and then a bus, before his stolen Mustang sputtered to a halt across from Seattle Police Department headquarters. The suspect’s spree began just before 6:30 PM after he sped the wrong way down one-way 2nd Avenue, where… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after a 39-year-old man was slashed during a robbery in Lake City Way early Sunday morning. The victim was smoking outside his apartment building in the 14000 block of Lake City Way at 2:30 a.m. when a man approached him and asked for a cigarette. When the victim pulled out his… [ Keep reading ]
