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 ]
Robbery detectives are attempting to identify five individuals wanted in connection with a street robbery that occurred last month in Ballard. Shortly before midnight on January 15th, 2018 the victim was walking in the 1400 block of NW Market Street when she was assaulted and robbed of her purse by the… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested two people Monday after an early-morning robbery in lower Queen Anne. Seattle police were called to the Republican Street and Warren Avenue North at 3 a.m. Monday after receiving a report that a man had just been robbed at gunpoint on the street. The victim told officers one… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives from the Arson Bomb Squad (ABS) are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire set in an abandoned building in Discovery Park last week. Two juveniles have been identified and interviewed as possible suspects. The fire, in the 4500 block of Texas Way West, which was reported to the Seattle Fire… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after two men were shot just after noon Wednesday in the South Park Neighborhood. A witness called 911 Wednesday afternoon when he was approached by a man in the 9200 block of 10 Avenue South who had been shot in the thigh. Officers arrived and found a… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department continues to provide use of force data to highlight transparency around our policy, process, and training with regards to use of force and how it is investigated. This report builds on the previous publication and outlines use of force incidents occurring between January 1 and December 31,… [ Keep reading ]
