A 26-year-old felon tried to stash a stolen gun in the diaper aisle of a drug store Monday evening after opening fire on a West Seattle street. Police received reports of gunfire just before 5pm near 12th Avenue SW and SW Roxbury Street, where witnesses said a man—accompanied by two young women, one… [ Keep reading ]
West Precinct detectives have requested charges against a pair of prolific car prowlers, caught raiding the vehicles of Seahawks fans during a January playoff game. On January 18th, a witness spotted a green Mercury Marquis parked near a lot at Dearborn Street and Maynard Avenue S. Detectives believe a 20-year-old man… [ Keep reading ]
Officer Mark Vwich was pulling his patrol car in front of the West Precinct last Thursday when something caught his eye. About a week earlier, on February 18th, Officer Vwich had been called to a downtown parking garage after a reported burglary and theft of a high-end bike. When he pulled… [ Keep reading ]
Update: Officers from the Kent Police Department have found the missing 12-year-old babysitter. Detectives will continue to work with social services to assure Amaziah is safe. Police have found 8-month-old Zaria Smith after she and her 12-year-old cousin were reported missing early Monday morning. After midnight, the mother of 8 month-old Zariah… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested three suspects on Saturday in two different burglaries, one in Columbia City and another on Capitol Hill. Police were called to the 2900 block of South Byron Street after a witness saw two suspects breaking into a home. Officers surrounded the house, just as one of the two… [ Keep reading ]
Police and fire officials found a man’s body inside the burnt remains of a tent after dousing a fire at an encampment above the Interstate 90 tunnel early Wednesday. When the Seattle Fire Department and police arrived at the scene, shortly before 6 AM, they found a large fire had… [ Keep reading ]
A two-month long investigation by the SPD Gang Unit and Narcotics detectives led police to arrest three people Tuesday night at a Central District home, where officers found stashes of guns and ammunition in the dining room, bedrooms, and even inside an oven. Gang Unit, Narcotics, East Precinct Officers, SWAT and FBI served a… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg Tuesday night during an attempted robbery on Beacon Hill. Around 9:20 PM officers were called to a shooting near Beacon Ave S. and S. Warsaw Ave. Police arrived and found one man with a gunshot wound to his leg…. [ Keep reading ]
A burglar who tried to make his getaway on a bicycle in the South Park neighborhood Saturday afternoon led officers right to a half-dozen stripped down stolen cars and a suspected chop shop. Police received a report around 3:15 PM that two men had smashed their way into a garage in the 1000 block of S…. [ Keep reading ]
A Seattle police detective is working to track down a vandal who sprayed ten-foot high letters across a mural on a school building in the Licton Springs neighborhood. A local artist contacted police Monday afternoon and reported that someone had defaced a mural he had painted on the Wilson-Pacific school building, near N…. [ Keep reading ]
