Police arrested a 57-year-old man for burglary after he tried to use a shopping cart as a getaway vehicle in a late-night heist at a Rainier Avenue smoke shop. A witness called police around 1:30 AM on June 16th after hearing the sound of breaking glass at a nearby smoke… [ Keep reading ]
Today, Seattle University issued results for its third annual Public Safety Survey. This survey gauges attitudes around public safety issues, perceptions of police, neighborhoods and crime. Survey findings are used to support the Seattle Police Department’s Micro-Community Policing Plans (“MCPP”) initiative, which began three years ago and has been integral to… [ Keep reading ]
A woman was assaulted after confronting two people casing her neighbor’s home near Greenlake last last month, and police are now seeking the public’s help identifying the two suspects. Police were called to the 900 block of North 82nd Street on May 31st after the victim saw a man and… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are conducting the investigation following a shooting in Belltown early Sunday morning that left one person with life-threatening injuries. At approximately 2:20 am, just after bar closing, officers responded to a disturbance in the street in the 2200 block of 1st Avenue. Prior to the arrival of officers, a number… [ Keep reading ]
A 40-year-old man is recovering from injuries sustained after he was stabbed several times by a suspect earlier Saturday evening. Officers searched the area but did not locate the suspect. At 6:30 pm, officers responded to the 500 block of 3rd Avenue for reports of a disturbance. When officers arrived, they located… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after a man fired shots at a woman’s home and then apparently fatally shot himself in the Puget Ridge neighborhood. A woman called 911 just after 10 a.m. to report her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend showed up to her home in the 6500 block of 16 Avenue Southwest and… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Safe Place: A National Model SPD Safe Place continues to be a national model. The Baltimore Police Department this week launched their own Safe Place program inspired by Seattle. SPD Analytics Program Measures Up Information Management magazine published an article touting SPD’s Data Driven Section. “The data is unprecedented… [ Keep reading ]
A man in his 60s was killed Wednesday after he was struck by a driver while crossing against traffic on 15th Avenue West. Around 10:15 AM, a man driving a Ford pickup was travelling northbound on 15th Avenue West, approaching West Armory Street. Simultaneously, a pedestrian was crossing east to… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are conducting the investigation following an overnight shooting that seriously injured one man. Shortly after 3:00 am Wednesday a caller contacted 911 reporting there was a man with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of a 7-11 store in the 8200 block of Lake City Way NE. Officers arrived and… [ Keep reading ]
As part of the annual Broken Heart campaign, the Washington Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force made a concentrated effort to disrupt peer to peer (P2P) distribution of child pornography. These are some of the most complex cases to investigate and require a significant amount of time, training, and expertise…. [ Keep reading ]
