Officers conducting proactive patrols in an area recently hit by burglaries discovered a burglary in progress and arrested a suspect inside a SODO business early this morning. Shortly after 5:00 am Tuesday, Officers Ornelas and Corcoran were checking businesses in the 600 block of South Spokane Street. The officers noticed… [ Keep reading ]
If ticket-bots and the overall decline in quality music since 1996 hadn’t already made it nearly impossible to go out and enjoy a show, police are now investigating a man believed to have scammed dozens of people with a roll of stock paper stolen from a ticketing company. Detectives began… [ Keep reading ]
Officers served a search warrant in West Seattle Sunday morning where they found hundreds of pills and 19 guns. Southwest Precinct Anti-Crime Team Officers converged on a home in the 7000 block of 18 Avenue Southwest Sunday at 10 a.m. and arrested a 28-year-old man as he attempted to flee through… [ Keep reading ]
A 19-year-old man is recovering at the hospital following a shooting near Pioneer Square Sunday evening. Just before 7:00 pm 911 received multiple calls of shots fired near the 100 block of Cherry Street. Witnesses described two males running from the scene into a parking garage in the 100 block of… [ Keep reading ]
Homicide detectives are conducting an investigation following a fatal shooting early Sunday morning inside a South Seattle club. At approximately 1:10 am, officers responded to reports of a man shot inside a club in the 100 block of South Horton Street. Officers immediately began life-saving measures for the man, and then… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man Thursday evening after sexually assaulting a woman February 3rd while armed with a knife. High-Risk Victim Street Vice detectives believe the suspect may also be connected to two additional cases. SWAT officers found the man at his North Seattle home and arrested him without incident. Detectives booked the… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested two men Friday morning after officers spotted them burglarizing a Capitol Hill apartment building. Officers patrolling in the 700 block of Broadway East just before 6 a.m. spotted the two men, who they believed may have also been involved in burglarizing other apartment buildings in the area. The officers watched… [ Keep reading ]
Chief Carmen Best Talks Police Reform at Crosscut Festival On February 3, 2018, Chief Carmen Best joined Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and Seattle Police Department (Ret.) Chief Norm Stamper at the first annual Crosscut Festival. Thank you to Crosscut for hosting an important conversation on police reform. VIDEO: You… [ Keep reading ]
Gang detectives are conducting an investigation following a shooting that occurred in South Park earlier this evening. A 16-year-old male is at Harborview Medical Center after he was shot in the head. At approximately 6:45 pm on Wednesday, February 7th, 911 began receiving calls of “shots fired” and a person down at… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police seized 1,751 marijuana plants with an estimated value of more than 1.7 million dollars and 247 pounds of processed marijuana worth nearly $500,000 after serving warrants at illegal grow houses in Seattle and Burien this morning. SPD narcotics detectives arrested four people in connection with the grow operations, which are believed to… [ Keep reading ]
