Seattle Police responded to a shooting where a man reported being shot in the leg in the Belltown neighborhood Thursday evening. At about 07:30 p.m., officers arrived near the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Bell Street and found the man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg. The 49-year-old… Filed Under: Investigations, West Precinct
#2023-059293/North Precinct/First Watch: On 03-03-2023 at 0614 hours, smoke was seen coming from a vacant building. The building quickly became engulfed in flames. Lake City Way was closed both directions for several hours due to the size of the fire and number of Seattle Fire personnel. Fire Marshal responded to… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Police arrested multiple narcotics suspects last week to deter the open-air drug market activity in the downtown Seattle area. The first arrest occurred in the 300 block of Bell Street on Wednesday last week at approximately 12:00 p.m. Officers observed a man openly selling suspected crack cocaine to another… Filed Under: Investigations, West Precinct
#2023-058153/North Precinct/Third Watch: On 03-02-2023 at 0021 hours, officers responded to a shooting call. The victim provided little information and was not at the original dispatch location. The victim was at NW Hospital with superficial injuries to his back and 6 bullet holes in his car. The only consistent detail… [ Keep reading ]
Police received a 911 call about a woman setting fires in her Belltown apartment, causing the flooding of other units. Officers arrived at about 09:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Cedar Street and found the 62-year-old woman lying in the hallway of the apartment building, completely soaked from the… Filed Under: Investigations, West Precinct
Seattle Police responded to a man throwing rocks at an occupied car in the Wallingford neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon. Officers arrived in the 4400 block of Woodland Park Avenue North at approximately 04:00 p.m. and located a man who said a stranger threw multiple cement rocks at his car… [ Keep reading ]
In September of 2020, Seattle Police received a 911 call about a burglary where a bronze statue was stolen from a fraternity house while it was under construction near the University of Washington campus in the University District. A sponsor of the fraternity house reported the burglary to police…. Filed Under: Investigations, North Precinct
#2023-057339/West Precinct/First Watch: On 03-01-2023 at 0821 hours, officers responded to a disturbance at the Compass Center where a suspect threatened to shoot staff. Officers used de-escalation to encourage the suspect to walk away, but he refused and punched an officer. Level I Use of Force. Screened with FIT. Suspect… [ Keep reading ]
