Seattle police arrested a student at a north Seattle middle school Thursday morning after he brought a small improvised explosive to school. Staff at Eckstein Middle School found the components for the device during a search of the student’s backpack, and called police. SPD Arson/Bomb Squad Sergeant Verner O’Quinn says the… [ Keep reading ]
Police have arrested the primary suspect in last weekend’s University District robbery and assault spree . Detectives developed information about a possible suspect from evidence left during the 30 minute span of violence and sent that information out to patrol officers. On Monday, October 1st, just before 6:00 pm, the… [ Keep reading ]
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed in a South Seattle neighborhood this morning. Just shortly before 4:00 a.m., residents in the Dunlap neighborhood, near 54 Av S and S. Grattan PL S heard multiple gunshots. One caller looked out their window and saw a person sitting in a vehicle,… [ Keep reading ]
Yesterday at about 4:30 pm, a suspect walked into the the Homestreet Bank located in the 8200 Block of 35th Avenue NE and demanded money from the teller. He was armed with a black semi-auto handgun. The suspect received an undisclosed amount of cash and the fled the bank on foot,… [ Keep reading ]
One woman was wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in the Genesee neighborhood. Gang detectives were called to Swedish Hospital on First Hill at about 7:30 pm after a woman showed up in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to her wrist. The woman said she and… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives have obtained a photo of the truck by the man wanted for a serious hit and run collision in South Seattle this morning, and and are hoping the public can help them find the driver who struck a teenager and then fled the scene. Witnesses have told police the… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are looking for a white (possibly Chevy) truck and its driver in connection to a hit and run collision that left an 18-year-old male in serious condition. On Tuesday October 2, 2012 at approximately 7:16 a.m., an 18 year-old male pedestrian was crossing Rainier Avenue South from west to east at South Elmgrove… [ Keep reading ]
One Central District gang house has become a frequent enough target of shootings that, after another bout of gunfire last night, residents of the house were unable to tell officers which bullet holes on the outside of the home were new, and which were old. Just before midnight Monday, police… [ Keep reading ]
Three victims were robbed at gunpoint and struck with the gun in the back of the head. This morning between 1:30- 2:00, on three separate calls at three separate locations (5200 block of 15 NE, 5000 block of 22 AV NE, 5600 block of University Way) the three victims were robbed… [ Keep reading ]
Drive-by shooting at known gang house in South Seattle. Last night just shortly after 10:00 p.m. officers responded to a house in the 7200 block of 46 Av S to a reported drive by shooting. A green mini van pulled up in front of the residence and one suspect fired… [ Keep reading ]
