UPDATE: 1/7/2016: The King County Medical Examiner has determined that the 16-year-old’s death was accidental, the result of an “unintentional fall from a building.” —– The Seattle Police Department is conducting a death investigation after a 16-year-old student died after falling from a balcony in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on… [ Keep reading ]
Update 12/8: Detectives arrested suspect Si Phu in the South Seattle area Tuesday morning and will book him into the King County Jail for Investigation of Homicide. Update 12/7: Detectives have identified the victim as a 14-year-old family member of the suspect. Police continue to search for the 24-year-old suspect. A 24-year-old… [ Keep reading ]
One man was killed in a shootout with police Sunday after he stole two vehicles at gunpoint in separate incidents in Belltown and Montlake and fired at officers while leading them on a chase through northeast Seattle. Today’s incident began around 12:30 PM when the suspect entered a downtown coffee shop… [ Keep reading ]
A 73-year-old man’s spotless driving record nearly got him off the hook during a traffic stop Tuesday night, until he tried to snort cocaine right in front of an incredulous officer. Officer Nic Abts-Olsen was patrolling in the Colman neighborhood near Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Massachusetts around 8:30 PM when… [ Keep reading ]
One woman was killed Thursday in a collision with a King County Metro bus at the Northgate Transit Center. Police received reports just after 3 PM that a bus had collided with a woman. Seattle Fire Department medics arrived and pronounced the woman dead at the scene. An SPD Drug Recognition Expert… [ Keep reading ]
A 16-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Thursday in the Central District. Witnesses called 911 around 10 PM and reported hearing gunfire near 23rd Avenue and E. Cherry Street. When police arrived, they learned three young men reportedly targeted in the shooting had run from the scene. According to… [ Keep reading ]
Update: Detectives have referred the case to the Federal Aviation Administration for further review. Police are searching for the owner of a small drone, which struck a Ferris wheel and crashed to the ground Wednesday on Seattle’s waterfront. A security guard was making his rounds in the 1300 block of Alaskan… [ Keep reading ]
A 24-year-old man was arrested by police on Capitol Hill early this morning after he pulled a knife on a man who had complimented his shoes. The suspect reportedly walked past the victim outside the R Place nightclub at Boylston Avenue and East Pine Street around 1 AM. When the victim offered his… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a man early Sunday after he brought a six-pack of beer to the midnight service at a Capitol Hill church, which doesn’t have a midnight service. Officers were called to the church in the 1100 block of Harvard Avenue around 1:15 AM after a witness spotted the suspect smashing… [ Keep reading ]
The driver of a stolen car smashed into two vehicles Thursday night on Capitol Hill before fleeing from officers on foot, leaving his passenger behind. Officers were patrolling near the 1700 block of Belmont Ave around 10:30 PM when they spotted a stolen Nissan Sentra. When officers pulled behind the… [ Keep reading ]
