On 06-08-12, at approximately 8:56 a.m., officers responded to a pedestrian/ vehicle collision at 23 Av S and Rainier Av S. Witnesses reported that the victim was walking eastbound in the crosswalk at the intersection of 23rd Av S and Rainier Ave S., when she was struck by a vehicle… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are looking for a man who grabbed and groped a woman in south Seattle on June 6th, and are investigating possible links to several other similar attacks in the area. Around 9:30 pm, the woman was outside of her apartment near 36th Avenue S. and S. Oregon Street when… [ Keep reading ]
Responding to community concerns about open-air drug dealing in downtown Seattle—especially in the Pike-Pine corridor, sometimes referred to as “the Blade” by dealers—on June 1st and 2nd Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers and King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) deputies conducted a joint drug enforcement round up that targeted street-level drug dealers. From… [ Keep reading ]
On May 9th at 12:50 p.m., the victim had just parked her car and was walking in the area of Belmont & Union, when she was confronted by a white male. The man ran up from behind the victim and attempted to grab her purse off her shoulder. The victim held… [ Keep reading ]
On 6/2/12, at approximately 4:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of an injured male down in a parking lot in the 900 block of N 85 St. The store employee indicated the subject appeared to have been in a fight and possibly stabbed. Arriving officers secured the scene and… [ Keep reading ]
On 6/2/2012, at approximately 2:00 a.m., officers were dispatched to a disturbance call with reported shots fired outside a bar. A search of the area located a couple hiding in the bushes in the 900 block of 100th. They told Officers they were hiding because they had been shot at. As… [ Keep reading ]
After six months of poring over surveillance footage and cell phone records, and working their contacts for intel, gang detectives have arrested the man suspected of spraying dozens of rounds outside a South Lake Union nightclub in January, seriously wounding three men. On January 28, two groups of men inside… [ Keep reading ]
Amidst a hail of gunfire, a longtime patron of Cafe Racer bravely fought to save his friends from a gunman, who went on a violent rampage Wednesday. Today, that patron—who we’re identifying by his first name, Lawrence—offered up a chilling account of the violence he witnessed inside the cafe yesterday, and… [ Keep reading ]
A gunman killed five people in a violent rampage, and later took his own life after police cornered him in West Seattle Wednesday, following a five-hour citywide manhunt. At 10:52 am, the 40-year-old suspect, Ian Stawicki, walked into Café Racer, near NE 59th Street and Roosevelt Way NE, approached the… [ Keep reading ]
Following yesterday’s tragic events, the Seattle Police Department is providing the public and the media with three pieces of audio from yesterday’s incidents, including a 911 call made from inside Cafe Racer following the shootings, a 911 call made by a witness to the 8th and Seneca shooting, and SPD… [ Keep reading ]
