Detectives need your help identifying a group of men who robbed two teens at gunpoint last month near in West Seattle. At about 11:30 pm on February 2nd, the two victims were walking near 42nd Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street when three men walked up to them and asked… [ Keep reading ]
Officers tracked down and arrested two robbers in the Central District Tuesday after they attacked a man and stole his wallet and shirt. The victim was waiting at a bus stop at 21st Avenue and E. Yesler Way at about 3:45 pm when three suspects walked up to him and… [ Keep reading ]
SPD detectives and crime scene investigators are searching a greenbelt in the 9800 block of Myers Way S. after a man found bones in the woods Thursday evening and contacted police. Police secured the scene Thursday night and began searching the site this morning. Detectives still don’t know if the… [ Keep reading ]
A 48-year-old man seriously injured during a confrontation on Capitol Hill last summer has died from his injuries. Around 11 pm on July 22, the 48-year-old man got into an argument with three other men near Summit Avenue and E. Olive Street. Following the argument, the 48-year-old walked off, returned… [ Keep reading ]
A manager at a South Lake Union nightclub—recently flagged by the city as a Chronic Nuisance Property—is now trying to take over another troubled club in the University District, which has been the source of 911 calls about gunfire, gruesome assaults, and other crimes. Naturally, Seattle police and the City… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Parks and Recreation department describes the nine acre Llandover Woods Greenspace as a quiet refuge on the edge of the Seattle border, filled with gravel trails and dense woods. The kind of place where “visitors to the park are bound to see many hikers, joggers, people walking dogs, or smoking a pipe.”… [ Keep reading ]
In the last year, South Lake Union’s Citrus nightclub has been the scene of a gang-related triple shooting, late-night melees, an officer-involved shooting of an assault suspect, and a bathroom peeping incident, among other things. Which is why this week, Seattle police and the Seattle City Attorney’s West Precinct Liaison declared Citrus… [ Keep reading ]
In conjunction with a scheduled 11:30 am press conference on the fatal officer-involved shooting of Jack Keewatinawin in North Seattle Tuesday evening, the Seattle Police Department is providing a series audio files and photos from the incident. Tuesday evening, police received two separate calls from Keewatinawin’s brothers, who told 911 dispatchers their brother… [ Keep reading ]
Police have arrested a man who used a fake badge and a box of porn to commit a series of robberies in Seattle parks. Police have been searching for 46-year-old Ryan James Purdy since December, and finally caught up with him yesterday after he bragged to bus passenger about his life… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle Police Chief John Diaz unveiled SPD’s new Predictive Policing software at a press conference today. The software allows SPD to do a deep analysis of past crime data, and forecast possible locations where crimes might occur in the city, down to a 500-foot geographic area…. [ Keep reading ]
