Police arrested a 36-year-old woman after she shot her neighbor late Wednesday outside a Capitol Hill apartment building. Just before midnight, the victim, a 36-year-old man, was smoking a cigarette outside the building in the 500 block of 12th Avenue when the suspect approached him, pistol-whipped him, and then shot him…. [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man Thursday morning in Capitol Hill after he stole a car with an infant in the back seat, rolled the car over in a collision, and then fled the scene. At 11:10 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported a rollover collision at 12th Avenue and East Olive Street…. [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating two separate shootings that left two men injured, plus eight other incidents involving gunfire on Saturday and Sunday around the city. Saturday at 1:20 a.m, officers heard multiple shots near 12th Avenue South and South Main Street. Witnesses in the area flagged officers down and said they… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 58-year-old man Sunday night after he shot at officers and then led them on an almost two-hour search through a north Capitol Hill neighborhood. Police first learned of the suspect after a series of suspicious, prowler-type calls near Volunteer Park: at 7:40 p.m., a resident in the… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man on Capitol Hill on Saturday after he drove his SUV onto the sidewalk in an apparent attempt to strike two pedestrians. Around 2:00 AM, the suspect reportedly became involved in an altercation in the with a street performer and used a racial slur during the incident…. [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 22-year-old man on Interstate 5 early Monday morning after his girlfriend reported he had trapped her inside his car and was threatening to kill her. Just after midnight on Monday, police received a report that the victim had messaged a friend and said she was trapped in… [ Keep reading ]
The Force Investigation Team is examining evidence after an officer shot and wounded a man who was firing a rifle in an apartment complex in the Squire Park neighborhood. At 4:34 a.m., police began receiving reports of shots fired in the 1400 block of East Yesler Way. Officers arrived and… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE 8/16: Homicide detectives have requested a 40-year-old man be charged with murder in this case. The suspect has been in custody since March, when officers arrested him for assaulting a woman in the Chinatown-International District light rail station, and then stabbing another person near 12th Avenue South and South… [ Keep reading ]
While responding to a stabbing Downtown Tuesday afternoon, police witnessed a carjacking, leading to a pursuit into the East Precinct and the arrest of the carjacking suspect. At 2:23 p.m., a Downtown ambassador at 3rd Avenue and Union Street was flagged down by a man who said he’d been stabbed…. [ Keep reading ]
One man was wounded in a shooting in the Roosevelt neighborhood Monday morning, and police are investigating two other unrelated Sunday incidents of gunfire. Around 7:30 AM Monday, police received a report of a shooting in the 6700 block of Roosevelt Way Northeast. The victim and his girlfriend had awoken… [ Keep reading ]
