Update 7/17/19: Detectives arrested a 50-year-old man Wednesday afternoon in the city of Tacoma in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old woman on Capitol Hill. Detectives are now interviewing the suspect and will book him into King County Jail for investigation of Murder. Original 7/14/19 Homicide detectives are… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after three gunmen opened fire on a security guard’s empty vehicle late Tuesday evening on First Hill. At 10:39 pm, police received multiple reports of gunfire in the 1000 block of James Street. When officers arrived on scene, they found a grey Dodge Charger, belonging to a… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE – June 25, 2019 7:30 p.m. Detectives continue to investigate an incident originally reported as a shooting near Seattle Central College Monday evening. The victim does not have any injuries consistent with gunfire. At this point in the investigation, detectives have not found evidence of a crime or a… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE 6/18- The suspect is no longer driving the VW Jetta. The vehicle has been located and is being impounded. The suspect is still at large. UPDATE 6/18- Detectives are searching for the suspect in Friday’s domestic violence stabbing. Isaias A. Martinez, 31, described as 5’5″ tall and 120 pounds, may… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after a man was shot multiple times in the Capitol Hill neighborhood Monday evening. Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Broadway and Howell Street just after 8 PM for a report of a man who had been shot. Officers converged on the area and found a… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 31-year-old man on Wednesday, a month after he threatened drug store employees and claimed he had a gun. On May 15th, the man entered a Bartell drugstore at Minor Avenue and Madison Street and began stealing Hostess snack cakes and shampoo. When an employee confronted the suspect,… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man Monday night after he walked into the East Precinct and told them he may have poisoned his elderly mother. A 52-year-old man walked into the East Precinct at 11:50 PM and began telling the desk clerk about a perceived plot by the operators of Bitcoin. He… [ Keep reading ]
On May 17, just before midnight, an alert passerby notified East Precinct officers they had just observed a man in a parking lot in the 1400 block of E Pike, sitting in the drivers seat of a car, holding a handgun. East Precinct patrol and Anti-Crime Team officers quickly devised… [ Keep reading ]
On May 18, 2019 at around 12:50 a.m. police responded to an assault near Broadway and E Pike St. The 911 caller reported a man had stabbed another man at this location. Officers arrived, took the suspect into custody, and provided emergency medical care to the victim until Seattle Fire… [ Keep reading ]
Gang Unit detectives are investigating after a man was shot in the leg Tuesday evening in a Capitol Hill alley. Witnesses began calling 911 at 8 p.m. to report shots fired in an alley of the 100 block of Melrose Avenue East. Officers arrived and found a 23-year-old man with… [ Keep reading ]