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Detectives Investigating After Body Found in Stolen Car

Update 12/10/21: This is now being investigated as a homicide. The victim has been identified as a 24-year-old man. Original: Detectives are investigating after a body was found in a stolen car parked in the Lakewood neighborhood of South Seattle on Thursday. At approximately 9:00 a.m., a Parking Enforcement Officer… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating After Man Found Dead in SODO RV

Homicide Detectives are investigating after a man was found deceased in an RV in SODO Wednesday morning. At 5:45 a.m., a 911 caller reported discovering their friend deceased in an RV parked near South Forest Street and Occidental Avenue South. Police arrived and found the 51-year-old male victim with an… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Fatal Shooting in Northgate

Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the Northgate neighborhood late Monday night.  At 11:00 p.m., a 911 caller in the 11500 block of 5th Avenue Northeast reported he’d found his roommate unresponsive. Almost simultaneously, more 911 callers in the area reported hearing gunshots. Police arrived… [ Keep reading ]

Police Investigating Magnolia Homicide

UPDATE 11/24/21: On November 22nd, Homicide Detectives arrested the 77-year-old suspect in this case and booked him into King County Jail for first-degree murder. Police have forwarded the charges to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. ORIGINAL 10/30/21: Detectives are investigating after a man with a gunshot wound was found… [ Keep reading ]

Police Investigating Fatal Shooting in Central District

Detectives are investigating an early Wednesday morning shooting in the Central District that left a man dead. At 1:03 a.m., multiple callers reported hearing gunfire near the 300 block of 23rd Avenue South. Police responded to the area and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds down on the ground… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Sunday Night Fatal Shooting Downtown

Detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed downtown on Sunday night. Just before 9:30 p.m., police patrolling in downtown heard multiple gunshots near 3rd Avenue and Pike Street. Officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds in the 200 block of Pike Street. Police performed first aid… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Fatal Shooting in North Seattle

Detectives are investigating after one man was killed and another was wounded in a North Seattle shooting early Sunday morning. At approximately 12:30 a.m., police responded to a shooting in the 14000 block of Aurora Avenue North. Officers arrived and began providing aid to two victims with gunshot wounds. Seattle… [ Keep reading ]

Update: Detectives Arrest Suspect in Phinney Ridge Homicide

Update 10/6/21: Detectives with the SPD Homicide Unit, CRG Unit, and US Marshalls arrested Jacaree Hardy today in the city of Renton without incident. Detectives are currently questioning him and will book him into King County Jail when they are done. Original: The death of a 20-year-old woman found in… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Conducting Death Investigation in Phinney Ridge Neighborhood

At approximately 5 am, a jogger flagged down officers and said there was a person down in the alley near North 73rd Street and Greenwood Avenue North. Police found a deceased woman and called for detectives to respond. Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators are collecting possible evidence at the scene…. [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating After Robbery Suspect Shot and Killed

Detectives are investigating after a man shot and killed a 24-year-old who tried to rob him in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Tuesday morning. Police were dispatched to investigate a shooting in the 1000 block of East John Street at 1:12 am Tuesday. Officers arrived and found a man on the… [ Keep reading ]