SWAT officers arrested a man after a six-hour standoff early this morning after he attacked his family and barricaded himself inside his Beacon Hill home. Officers were called to a home near 20th Ave South and South Lucile Street around 6:30 PM, after the suspect attacked his sister with a boat… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police arrested an armed man Wednesday night after he opened fire outside a Queen Anne apartment following a dispute with a neighbor. Officers received a report around 9:30 PM that an argument between neighbors in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue N had spilled out onto the street. When officers arrived, they… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are looking for a group of four men who beat and robbed a woman in the Rainier Beach library Monday evening, hours after police contacted her at the scene of a shooting at a South Seattle home. The group of suspects confronted the 21-year-old woman just before 5:45 PM in the lobby of… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police have opened an investigation after receiving reports that a mall security guard pepper sprayed several people during a Saturday demonstration in downtown Seattle. Demonstrators at a rally in Westlake Park flagged down bike officers around 12:40 PM Saturday and reported that a shirtless white male had been picking fights with protesters…. [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police arrested a cellphone thief and are searching for a second suspect after receiving reports Saturday evening that a fight had spilled off a Metro bus and into the parking lot of a South Seattle gas station. A woman called police around 4 pm Saturday—shortly after officers received reports of… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after a Rainier Beach family called police early Monday and reported that a man had sexually assaulted their young daughter at gunpoint inside their home. The victim’s family called 911 around 6 AM and said the man entered their home near 53rd Ave. South and South Wabash St., sexually assaulted… [ Keep reading ]
Officers weren’t able to convince a bloodied man found walking down Rainier Avenue to talk to them about what happened to him early this morning, but they were finally able to convince him to get treatment for his gunshot wound. After receiving reports of gunfire just before 2:30 AM, officers found the… [ Keep reading ]
After making off with a restaurant’s tip jar in the International District Thursday night, a blundering bandit was foiled at every turn as he tried to flee the scene. The 40-year-old suspect walked into a restaurant in the 600 block of 5 Avenue South around 8 PM, and told employees to hand over all… [ Keep reading ]
East Precinct officers arrested a 17-year-old robber near Cal Anderson Park early Friday morning after he pulled a gun and fired a shot, leaving one victim with a grazing gunshot wound to his head. The two victims were hanging out in the park around 1 AM near the baseball fields when… [ Keep reading ]
SPD Arson/Bomb Squad detective are searching for a group of young men seen running from a burning home in the Delridge neighborhood in West Seattle Thursday afternoon Police are still working to piece together the strange incident, but officers initially received reports of gunfire in the 7300 block of 16th Avenue SW just… [ Keep reading ]