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SPD seeks assistance in fatality hit & run collision

Traffic Collision Investigation Squad (TCIS) detectives continue to actively investigate a fatality hit and run vehicle/bicycle collision that occurred on July 28th at approximately 3:44 p.m. near Dexter Avenue North and North Thomas Street. The suspect vehicle has yet to be located.  Detectives are looking for a mid-1990’s to mid-2000… [ Keep reading ]

Hit & Run vehicle/bicycle collision

On July 28th at approximately 3:44 p.m. officers responded to 911 calls reporting a vehicle/bicycle hit and run collision near Dexter Avenue North and North Thomas Street.  The involved motor vehicle fled the scene and remains at large.  The bicyclist was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.  The at-large vehicle is described as… [ Keep reading ]

Burglary in South Seattle, suspects at large

On July 28th at approximately 10:04 a.m. the victim was in a downstairs apartment in the 3900 block of 46th Avenue South when she heard footsteps upstairs.  The victim became scared and sent a text to her boyfriend as she was afraid the suspects would hear her talking.  The boyfriend called police… [ Keep reading ]

Today’s Aggressive Drivers

On July 27th officers from the Aggressive Driver Response Team issued the following citations:  SW Admiral Way – 30 mph zone 1 at 61 mph 1 at 51 mph 2 at 48 mph 2 at 47 mph 1 at 46 mph 1 Bicycle at 42 mph (written warning) 2 Cell… [ Keep reading ]

Assault & Robbery suspects arrested

On June 19th at approximately 2:30 a.m. the 31-year-old male victim was sitting on the curb in the 50 block of South King Street.  Suddenly a car pulled up and two adult male suspects exited the vehicle and attacked the victim without provocation.  The suspects punched the victim on the… [ Keep reading ]

Barricaded suspect in West Seattle

On July 14th at approximately 11:38 p.m. officers responded to a campground in the 5200 block of 35th Avenue SW for a report of a domestic disturbance between a boyfriend and girlfriend.  The suspect, a 20-year-old male, threatened his girlfriend with a gun.  The victim was not injured and no shots… [ Keep reading ]

Shooting in Rainier Beach, suspect apprehended

On July 14th at approximately 8:43 p.m. uniformed patrol and plainclothes units were working the area of a vigil for the multiple-victims of last nights shooting/homicide in the 9600 block of 54th Avenue South.  Officers saw a two-tone blue and silver Dodge Magnum station wagon with chrome wheels turn eastbound onto South Roxbury… [ Keep reading ]

Suspicious item determined to be harmless

On July 14th at approximately 1:57 p.m. officers responded to a 911 report of a suspicious item located in front of a building in the 800 block of NW 95th Street.  Officers secured the area and Arson/Bomb Squad (ABS) detectives responded to the scene.  ABS detectives examined the item and determined that it… [ Keep reading ]

Four people shot, one fatally, in South Seattle

On July 13th at approximately 10:59 p.m. officers responded to a call of shots fired with four people down in the 9600 block of 54th Avenue South.  Preliminary investigation indicates that two female victims (victims #1 and #2) were sitting in a car parked at the curb.  A male victim (victim #3)… [ Keep reading ]

Standoff in Fremont ends peacefully

On July 12th at approximately 3:21 p.m. officers responded to a 911 call reporting an adult male who threatened his parents with a baseball bat in a house in the 4000  block of Fremont Avenue North.  Upon arrival officers surrounded the residence and secured the victims in an alley.  The 52-year-old male suspect barricaded himself inside the… [ Keep reading ]