A Columbia City bank was damaged overnight after someone threw an incendiary device at the business. At about 9:45 am Thursday, bank employees arrived at work and discovered a broken window and burn marks on the side of the building, located at Rainier Avenue S. and S. Edmunds Street. It… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: Police have identified all of the people seen in this video, but still need help locating the vehicle seen in the video and those responsible for Westbrook’s murder. The Seattle Police Department needs the public’s help in finding the person who indiscriminately opened fire in Pioneer Square Sunday morning,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers are searching the Rainier Beach area for a man suspected in a bank robbery Tuesday afternoon. Around 1:15 pm, the suspect walked into a bank inside of a grocery store near 51st Avenue S. and Rainier Avenue S., demanded money from a teller, and then fled on… [ Keep reading ]
Last week, Seattle police officers responded to 6,903 incidents across the city. Here are a few of the incidents highlighted on the SPD Blotter over the last week. Friday the 13th was particularly unlucky for a 31-year-old man, who accidentally shot himself in the groin in the South Park neighborhood. To… [ Keep reading ]
Mere moments after handing over cash for a used car Wednesday evening, a man found himself at the mercy of two carjackers in the Central District. The man told police that Wednesday afternoon, he contacted a woman about an online ad for a 1991 white Ford Explorer, and later met… [ Keep reading ]
Since the beginning of the year, gun violence has risen to a five-year high in Seattle. Recent shootings and gunfire have left a wake of deaths and injuries in neighborhoods like Beacon Hill, Northgate, Rainier Beach, and Ravenna, and damaged our vibrant nightlife community in SoDo. To curb rising violence,… [ Keep reading ]
The man’s email was shockingly direct: “I’m in to kids, so if you have kids you want to whore out, let me know,” he wrote. For several weeks, the man sent a flurry of emails from his home in California to another man in Seattle. He wanted to set up… [ Keep reading ]
In the last week, Seattle police officers responded to 8,005 incidents across the city. Not every one them made it to the Blotter, but here are some of the highlights from the last seven days: Last weekend started out with a bang after someone fired off several shots on 2nd Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police, working with officers from the Department of Corrections (DOC), seized four handguns at the home of a felon in south Seattle Monday night. Police and DOC officers found the weapons after they served a warrant on the 26-year-old felon’s home on 23rd Avenue S. and S. Forest Street. After… [ Keep reading ]
Forensic testing has confirmed that human remains found in an Eastlake greenbelt in December 2011 belong to a homicide victim killed earlier in the year. In December, a group of homeless outreach workers found trash bags filled with human remains underneath the Ship Canal Bridge near Fairview Avenue E. and E. Allison… [ Keep reading ]
