With the 4th of July coming up this Wednesday, the Seattle Police Department would like to provide you with some important reminders about safety, fireworks and how you can help ease the strain on our 911 center during the busy holiday. The possession, manufacture, storage, sale and use of fireworks (meaning everything but… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man in the Lake City neighborhood Monday morning after he fired shots from his apartment balcony. Officers were called to the 11000 block of Lake City Way Northeast just after 5:30 a.m. for reports of possible fireworks in the area. Police arrived and heard what they believed to… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after a Seattle Police patrol car crashed through a fence in the SODO neighborhood. Officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 500 block Royal Brougham Way near the Greyhound bus station, Sunday morning around 5:45. One of the responding officers was driving to… [ Keep reading ]
Police were actively patrolling the area of the 1700 block of 1 Avenue South around 12:20 a.m. Saturday after a large crowd had left a concert at a near-by venue, when they heard shots fired. Officers arrived at the scene and found a 34-year-old man in critical condition who had… [ Keep reading ]
Update: South Precinct Anti-Crime Team officers, with the assistance of the Department of Corrections, identified and arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with the auto theft reported Friday morning. Officers found the suspect at a South Seattle residence and took him into custody without incident. Original: Robbery detectives are asking… [ Keep reading ]
Witnesses called 911 around 9:30 Thursday night to report a man with a rifle and machete outside an apartment building in the 7500 block of 24 Avenue Southwest. Officers quickly converged on the address and found a man standing in the stairwell of the building still holding the rifle and… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department has released a report summarizing 12 months of stops and detentions (Terry stops) from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017. In keeping with its commitment to transparency and open data, the Department also published the raw data underlying the report to the City’s open data portal, data.seattle.gov. You can also access the… [ Keep reading ]
SPD welcomes Special Olympics National Games SPD officers joined the Torch Run over the pas few years, and have proudly carried the torch through the streets of Seattle in support of this wonderful organization. A takeaway from the recent public safety survey by Seattle University How fearful of crime is… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested two men Wednesday for a series of assaults that ended with one of them in the hospital. Officers were called to the 11100 block of Luther Avenue South just after 1 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a man who had been tied up and assaulted. When officers… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after a man was stabbed in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Tuesday morning. An employee at a coffee shop called 911 Tuesday morning when a 26-year-old man walked into their shop in the 100 block of Broadway with what appeared to be multiple stab wounds. The manager provided… [ Keep reading ]
