Detectives are investigating an early morning shooting in South Lake Union that sent one man to the hospital. A gas station clerk called 911 as a fight in a parking lot in the 600 block of Denny Way escalated into a shooting between two gunmen around 1:15 AM. Officers arrived,… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: Detectives have arrested a suspect in this case. Original post: Detectives are looking for leads as they work to identify a man—or men—suspected in a series of break-ins and sexual assaults near the University of Washington campus. Police have increased patrols around campus as detective investigate a series of strange break-ins… [ Keep reading ]
Police have received several reports this week of concerning incidents involving adult suspects and children, and are asking the community to report suspicious activity and talk to their children about personal safety. In one incident, a 13-year-old girl reported a man accosted and touched her while she was traveling to… [ Keep reading ]
A Seattle police officer was patrolling the Brighton neighborhood early Friday when she ran the license plate number of a car in front of her and discovered it was stolen. Police pulled the car over and arrested two men shortly after 4 AM. Officers found a small amount of suspected… [ Keep reading ]
A cello taken in a Seattle break-in was just one of the hundreds of suspected stolen items found by Seattle police Thursday morning inside a Burien home. SPD’s Major Crimes Task Force has been on the trail of a ring of burglars, suspected of targeting homes in North Seattle, Queen Anne and… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 38-year-old man Thursday after he walked into a University District bank, pointed a gun at a teller and ordered her to call 911. It’s not yet clear why the man ordered the teller to call police. He entered the bank, located on 4100 block of University Way Northeast, shortly… [ Keep reading ]
Policing are investigating a possible luring incident in the South Park neighborhood where a man followed around a 14-year-old girl, who was waiting for a school bus Wednesday morning. The girl told police she was by herself at the bus stop around 8:30 AM when a man in an older,… [ Keep reading ]
The Washington Coalition for Open Government (WCOG) on Wednesday honored Seattle Police Department Chief Operating Officer Mike Wagers for his work toward improving department transparency through the adoption of new technologies. From the WCOG: SEATTLE PD CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER TO BE HONORED BY THE WASHINGTON COALITION FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT FOR WORK ON BODY CAMERAS. Seattle—-When the… [ Keep reading ]
A Ballard woman’s pet monitoring camera system—like a web-connected nanny cam, for dogs—caught a burglar kicking in her front door last week, and police are now working to identify the man. The woman was at work around 4 PM on February 25th when pet camera system alerted her that her two small… [ Keep reading ]
When East Precinct patrol officers spotted a Chevy Suburban weaving its way down Madison Street on Capitol Hill early Monday, officers expected to find an intoxicated driver behind the wheel. Instead, when police pulled the car over near 15th Avenue and Madison Street, they found a 16-year-old in the drivers seat of… [ Keep reading ]
