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Update: Detectives Arrest Suspect in North Seattle Double Homicide

Update 2/23/22: Detectives with SPD’s Homicide Unit, Gun Violence Reduction Unit, SWAT, and CRG Unit have arrested the suspect in this August 2021 double homicide. Officers took the 23-year-old man into custody this morning in the East Precinct. After questioning, he will be booked into King County Jail for two… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Fatal Shooting in Belltown

Detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed in Belltown early Thursday morning. At 1:06 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported hearing several gunshots near 2nd Avenue and Vine Street. Police arrived and found a male in the 2600 block of 2nd Avenue with a gunshot wound to the… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Monday Morning Homicide in Gas Works Park

People began calling 911 around 4:30 am Monday to report the sound of gunfire somewhere in the vicinity of Gas Works Park. As officers were searching the area, another person walking through the park called 911 to report they had found an adult man dead of an apparent gunshot wound…. [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Sunday Night Lake City Homicide

Detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed Sunday night outside an apartment building in the Lake City neighborhood. Just after 10:00 p.m., several 911 callers reported hearing a series of shots near an apartment building in the 12700 block of 33rd Avenue Northeast. A security guard at… [ Keep reading ]

Three Killed, Five Injured in Sunday Morning Shootings

In a span of three hours on Sunday morning, three people were killed and five were wounded in a series of unrelated shootings in Belltown, Pioneer Square, the Chinatown-International District and Capitol Hill. At 1:48 a.m., a bar employee in the 2200 block of 1st Avenue reported a physical fight… [ Keep reading ]

Police Investigating Friday Night Homicide in Roosevelt Neighborhood

Detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the Roosevelt neighborhood Friday night. At 9:42 p.m., 911 callers reported hearing shots in the 1000 block of 63rd Avenue Northeast. Police and Seattle Firefighters responded and found a man in a vehicle with a gunshot wound. Lifesaving measures were… [ Keep reading ]

One Killed, Three Injured in Alki Shooting

UPDATE 6/30/21: Police arrested a suspect in this case several hours after the shooting. Detectives booked the 19-year-old-man into King County Jail for investigation of homicide. Police continue to investigate this incident. One man was killed and three others were shot late Monday night at Alki Beach. Just before midnight,… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Investigating Sunday Night Homicide in First Hill

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the First Hill Neighborhood Sunday night. Witnesses began calling 911 to report shots fired in the 800 block of Marion Street Sunday night around 8:30. Police arrived within four minutes and found a single male victim with multiple… [ Keep reading ]

Suspect Identified in March Homicide

Homicide detectives have identified the suspect in a March 2021 homicide and need your help finding him. On March 17th a subject entered the church and community center located at 7728 Rainier Avenue South. He entered a second-floor room where a meeting was being held by multiple Community Passageways program… [ Keep reading ]

Detectives Need Your Help Solving Murder of Seattle Artist

Detectives need your help solving a murder of a Seattle artist after her body was found in the Montlake neighborhood. On Sunday, May 30 the body of 45-year-old Necia McKendrick was found on the fringes of Interlaken Park near E. Eaton Place.  Her body had been there for an undetermined… [ Keep reading ]