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The Season of Mail and Package Theft is Here

A series of recent mail truck break-ins serves as a good reminder – that holiday theft season is here. On Tuesday afternoon dispatchers received reports of a United State Postal Service (USPS) truck that was broken into at 42nd Avenue Southwest and Southwest Graham Street in West Seattle. Officers arrived… [ Keep reading ]

Update: Shooting Suspect Arrested, Charged with Assault and Unlawful Possession of Firearms

On November 22, 2024, at 11:00 p.m., Seattle Police arrested 27-year-old Khalif Myles, who is suspected of being involved in a string of violent, apparently random shootings across the City of Seattle. Myles, who has a history of violent felonies, has been connected to shootings that endangered numerous victims between… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Shooting in South Park

Seattle police detectives are investigating a shooting in the Southpark neighborhood Friday night. At 8:06 p.m., patrol officers responded to a report of an adult male shot in the 1400 block of South Henderson Street. They located a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, arm, neck, and… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle University Administering Annual Public Safety Survey

From Seattle University: Seattle University is administering the 10th annual citywide Seattle Public Safety Survey, which is accessible at publicsafetysurvey.org from October 15th through November 30th and is available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese. The purpose of the survey is to solicit… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Thursday Sandpoint Shooting

Detectives are investigating after a shooting where gunfire narrowly missed hitting a toddler riding in their car seat Thursday afternoon. Police responded to the intersection of Northeast 95 Street and 35th Ave Northeast, in Northeast Seattle, after multiple reports of shots fired just before 1 p.m. Thursday. Officers arrived and… [ Keep reading ]

Saturday– November 2, 2024

#2024-310691/South Precinct/Third Watch: At 0015 hours, officers responded to a shooting near the 7100 block of MLK JR WY S. On scene, officers located an unoccupied, damaged vehicle with numerous casings around it. There were shell casings as evidence and two businesses were damaged during the shooting. No victims at… [ Keep reading ]

Friday– November 1, 2024

#2024-309664/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: At 0216 hours, 911 Dispatch received reports of shots in the 9000 block of 17th Avenue Southwest. No victims, suspects or vehicle descriptions. Evidence was recovered and GVRU was notified. #2024-309677/East Precinct/Third Watch: At 0226 hours, calls came in for a male stabbed in the head and… [ Keep reading ]

Thursday– October 31, 2024

#2024-308943/North Precinct/Second Watch: At 1149 hours, a suspect entered the bank and demanded money by showing the teller a note. There were no weapons observed or implied. Suspect left the bank on foot and was not located. Robbery Unit was notified. #2024-309300/West Precinct/Second Watch: At 1820 hours, 911 Dispatch received… [ Keep reading ]

Wednesday– October 30, 2024

#2024-307605/West Precinct/Third Watch: At 0252 hours, officers were dispatched to the 500 BLK of Pine St to investigate a reported Commercial Burglary. Callers reported that a white panel van had backed into the department store and appeared to be burglarizing the business. When Officers arrived, the van had already fled… [ Keep reading ]

Tuesday– October 29, 2024

#2024-307519/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: At 2314 hours, SW Patrol responded to an unknown call at the gas station in the 8900 block of 14th Ave S. Due to a language barrier information was slow, but the caller originally reported males with guns at the business. Police contacted employees and they reported… [ Keep reading ]