Update: Today we are releasing the dash cam video of Saturday’s pursuit of a patrol car through Downtown. In the video you can see the suspect speed up and refuse to pull over after stealing a police car. Officers took the suspect into custody just a few blocks away from… [ Keep reading ]
SEATTLE–Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Seattle Police Department (SPD) have identified initial steps they will take to improve the city’s capacity to respond to major traffic incidents. This ability was clearly challenged on March 24 when an overturned truck on State Route 99 blocked all southbound lanes just north… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a man after he tried a ‘smash and grab’ jewelry heist at a Beacon Hill pawn shop Thursday afternoon. Officers were called by pawn shop employees who recognized the suspect from a Tuesday jewelry theft at the same location in the 2800 block of Rainier Ave South. In the… [ Keep reading ]
One man was wounded after a dispute over text messages led to a shooting Thursday night outside a West Seattle apartment building. Police responded to SW Morgan Street and 35th Avenue SW just before 9:45 PM after receiving reports that a man had fired shots from an apartment building, striking a man on the… [ Keep reading ]
Officers and the King County Medical Examiner are investigating after a body was discovered floating in the water near the Seattle Aquarium earlier this evening. A passer-by saw the man’s body floating in the water and called 911 at about 6:40 pm. Seattle Fire assisted with recovering the body. Detectives and… [ Keep reading ]
Officers caught a group of teens with a loaded, stolen handgun early this morning on Capitol Hill after the teens started several brawls and tried to rob two men right in front of police. The arrest was caught on SPD bodycam. East Precinct officers, working an emphasis patrol around Capitol Hill’s busy nightlife area,… [ Keep reading ]
A 16-year-old boy arrested this morning for pulling a gun on his family in West Seattle is also under investigation for a series of late-night drive-bys in the neighborhood. Seattle police first received reports of gunfire around 8pm Wednesday in the 5400 block of Delridge Way SW. Officer did not find any damage, injuries or shell… [ Keep reading ]
Local leaders gathered Wednesday in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood to announce promising success of the innovative Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program, a partnership between service agencies and law enforcement to reduce recidivism and incarceration rates. SEATTLE – A unique coalition of government officials, law enforcement agencies, and community leaders announced today that the innovative… [ Keep reading ]
Update 4/9: Shoreline police helped Seattle officers track down a man spotted driving the victim’s stolen car Wednesday on Aurora. Seattle police saw the stolen 2002 Dodge Interpid heading northbound at N/ 125th Street and Aurora Avenue around 1:30 PM and followed the suspect up to 170th, where they lost sight of him as he… [ Keep reading ]
Police are searching for a man who entered a West Seattle home Tuesday morning and pointed a gun at the resident before fleeing with several stolen purses. A woman called 911 around 11:30 AM saying a man armed with a shotgun had entered her home in the 8100 block of 22nd Ave… [ Keep reading ]
