A gunman opened fire in a Central District bar Sunday evening, wounding two people, before he was shot by an officer when they confronted him inside the business. The gunman walked into the Twilight Exit , near 25th and E. Cherry and confronted his ex-girlfriend. At one point, the suspect pulled out… [ Keep reading ]
Southwest Precinct officers seized a gun, impounded two cars, and arrested eight teenagers in Roxhill Park Friday evening, and are now investigating possible connections between the teens and several burglaries and robberies, including two recent armed muggings in Roxhill Park. Following the muggings earlier this week, Southwest Precinct officers stepped… [ Keep reading ]
(This is all the information we currently have on this arrest. More on Monday) After receiving a report of a robbery Thursday evening, police walked into a South Lake Union bank and found cash and a gun strewn across the bank’s floor, and a security guard holding down a masked… [ Keep reading ]
Do you have a gun at home you’ve always wanted to secure, but weren’t sure how? Well have we got a treat for you. The Seattle Police Department is now providing free gun locks as part of the ongoing Seattle/King County gun safety initiative. We’ll have a limited supply of gun locks… [ Keep reading ]
Last week, a fishy-smelling toothless man single-handedly gave all fishy-smelling toothless men a bad name when he ripped off a watch—probably worth more than your car—from a downtown jewelry store. Just after 2 pm on January 18th, the suspect walked into the Ben Bridge Jewelers at 4th and Pike and started chatting up employees. Employees noticed the… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE: Detectives have arrested Hansen. A robber, who targeted his victims through online personal ads, eluded police in the Central District last night, but detectives are hoping the public can help track him down. Police believe David Hansen, 25, brutally beat and robbed a man in November after meeting him for sex. In… [ Keep reading ]
Crime does not pay. Especially when you rob a bank and don’t actually get any money. Detectives are now looking for the bank robber who walked into the Washington Federal Bank at 3rd Avenue and Columbia Street just before 11:30 am this morning, threatened a bank teller, demanded cash, and… [ Keep reading ]
Police are looking for a pair of armed gunman, who have held up two groups of middle schoolers in Roxhill Park in West Seattle The first robbery happened around 6:30 pm on January 20th, when two suspects pulled a shotgun on a group of four middle schoolers, near 27th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
A stolen motorcycle and a pile of backpacks left outside a Queen Anne grocery store led police to an apparent trafficking ring in Eastlake Thursday. Around 4:30 am on January 16th, a training officer and a student officer were out on patrol in the West Precinct, when they spotted a pile… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives need the public’s help finding a man suspected of posing as a police officer in Volunteer Park in order to rob unsuspecting park-goers. Detectives believe 46-year-old Ryan Purdy (AKA Tracy Byers) approached several people in Volunteer Park in December, flashed a gold badge, implied he was a police officer,… [ Keep reading ]
