Quick responding officers arrest bank robber at downtown bank. Today, just shortly after 11:00 a.m., a 24-year-old man walked into the Key Bank at 815 2nd Ave and demanded money be put in a bag he was carrying. The bank alarm company called 911 and provided details and the suspect description. After… [ Keep reading ]
Homicide and CSI detectives are currently investigating the events that preceded two officers firing their weapons at a wanted felony suspect earlier today. Preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 1:41 p.m. two bicycle officers working the Bumbershoot event observed a male suspect exiting the broken window of a car he… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives have obtained surveillance photos and video of the car driven by the suspect in a fatal road rage shooting in the Roosevelt neighborhood on September 1st: Police believe the suspect in the shooting was driving a silver BMW Z4 convertible, with recent body damage and a broken out passenger… [ Keep reading ]
A 42-year-old man was fatally shot in Roosevelt Friday night, August 31st. Investigators now believe this may have been directly related to a road rage type of traffic incident. At approximately 7:26 p.m. officers responded to the 7500 block of 15th Avenue NE for the report of multiple shots… [ Keep reading ]
…And they might’ve gotten away with it if not for a group of metaling meddling officers. Last month, scrap metal businesses in SoDo and Georgetown were targeted in a flurry of break-ins. “We’ve had a lot of places continually get hit,” says South Precinct Burglary Detective Danial Conine. “It’s a big problem… [ Keep reading ]
A man armed with a handgun confronted the night clerk of the Marco Polo Motel last night shortly before midnight. The suspect confronted the clerk just outside the office of the motel, located at 4114 Aurora Avenue North, and then forced the victim back into the office where he demanded access to… [ Keep reading ]
Since August 14th there have been over 25 reported necklace grabs and purse snatches in the south end. Most have occurred in Seattle, although some have taken place in King County and Renton. The suspects are males in their teens to 20’s, working alone or in groups of two to four. In some… [ Keep reading ]
Two suspected pimps are facing charges after they tried to recruit two teenage girls in downtown Seattle last week. Those teens actually turned out to be two undercover cops working a sting operation. Last Thursday, August 23rd, two officers went undercover, posing as 17 year olds in a sting in… [ Keep reading ]
A 19-year-old man suspected of snatching jewelry in a recent rash of street robberies in South Seattle is in custody after he turned himself in to detectives on Friday. Last week, detectives—who are investigating a spate of more than 20 purse and necklace snatchings across the South Precinct—put the word… [ Keep reading ]
Disturbance outside Hookah Bar leaves one man shot. Just shortly after 4 a.m. this morning two adult men got into a verbal altercation outside a Hookah Bar at 12th and Main. The altercation escalated and one man was shot. According to Security, the two men may have been shooting at… [ Keep reading ]
