Since the beginning of the year, gun violence has risen to a five-year high in Seattle. Recent shootings and gunfire have left a wake of deaths and injuries in neighborhoods like Beacon Hill, Northgate, Rainier Beach, and Ravenna, and damaged our vibrant nightlife community in SoDo. To curb rising violence,… [ Keep reading ]
The man’s email was shockingly direct: “I’m in to kids, so if you have kids you want to whore out, let me know,” he wrote. For several weeks, the man sent a flurry of emails from his home in California to another man in Seattle. He wanted to set up… [ Keep reading ]
A woman was attacked as she walked home after getting off a bus in the evening of April 15th. At approximately 10:20 pm, the woman got off a bus on Delridge Way SW and was walking eastbound on SW Trenton Street while talking on her cellphone. She suddenly became aware… [ Keep reading ]
On 4-15-12, at approximately 1:19 a.m., officers responded to the 5100 block of S. Augusta St to a reported drive by shooting. Upon arrival officers learned that at 12:00 a.m., there was an argument outside of this residence between the victim and another female. Just shortly after 1:00 a.m., two… [ Keep reading ]
On 4/14/2012, at approximately 9:00 p.m., officers responded to a vehicle/ pedestrian collision at Alaskan Way and Wall St. Seattle Fire Department personnel responded and while they worked feverishly to revive the pedestrian, upon their arrival at Harborview Medical Center, the pedestrian was pronounced dead. The 50-year-old adult male pedestrian was… [ Keep reading ]
On 04/13/12, at approximately 9:30 p.m., North Precinct Anti Crime Team members served a Narcotics Search Warrant at a house in the 8300 block of 24 Av NW. This residence has been a problem house in the area for the past year or so. Two male subjects were arrested without incident… [ Keep reading ]
In the last week, Seattle police officers responded to 8,005 incidents across the city. Not every one them made it to the Blotter, but here are some of the highlights from the last seven days: Last weekend started out with a bang after someone fired off several shots on 2nd Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police, working with officers from the Department of Corrections (DOC), seized four handguns at the home of a felon in south Seattle Monday night. Police and DOC officers found the weapons after they served a warrant on the 26-year-old felon’s home on 23rd Avenue S. and S. Forest Street. After… [ Keep reading ]
Forensic testing has confirmed that human remains found in an Eastlake greenbelt in December 2011 belong to a homicide victim killed earlier in the year. In December, a group of homeless outreach workers found trash bags filled with human remains underneath the Ship Canal Bridge near Fairview Avenue E. and E. Allison… [ Keep reading ]
On 4/11/12, at approximately 12:00 p.m., officers responded to a school in the 8600 block of Rainier Avenue South to investigate an assault. Upon arrival, officers contacted the complainant/Assistant Principal, who stated that a 44-year-old male teacher had “slapped and strangled” a student. Officers contacted the victim, a 17-year-old male, who was in the nurse’s… [ Keep reading ]
