Multiple suspects fired more than two dozen shots at a parked vehicle Monday morning in the Eastlake neighborhood, striking the occupant in the leg. Police responded to several 911 calls reporting gunshots in the 2000 block of Minor Ave East at 8:00am Monday morning. Officers arrived, and applied a tourniquet… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after an officer shot and killed a dog after the animal attacked three people seriously injuring one. Officers were called to the 14100 block of Linden Avenue North for a report of an unknown disturbance at 4:30 AM Saturday. Officers arrived and learned that there was a… [ Keep reading ]
South Precinct patrol officers recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested the man driving it after he was involved in a hit and run collision that sent another driver to the hospital early Friday morning. Shortly after 4:00am, officers saw an occupied stolen car at South Orcas Street and Martin Luther… [ Keep reading ]
Witnesses called 911 just before 5:30pm Thursday to report shots fired in the 9200 block of Rainier Avenue South. Police arrived and found a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg. They applied a tourniquet to the limb and provided aid until the Fire Department arrived. Officers also… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives from the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad (TCIS) will be conducting the investigation after a driver of a car accelerated backwards into the entrance of a Chinatown restaurant Thursday afternoon. Seven people inside the restaurant were injured and all were transported to the hospital with various injuries, at least two… [ Keep reading ]
Officers from SPD’s Community Response Group (CRG) seized a stolen handgun and methamphetamine from a convicted felon, after spotting him in a car with a damaged ignition near Belltown late Wednesday night. In a separate incident on Tuesday, members of CRG recovered a collection of alaprazolam, fentanyl, meth and heroin… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle has published thethirdset of draft of Surveillance Impact Reports (SIRs) forthreeof the 26currently existing surveillance technologies, per the Surveillance Ordinance. We’re looking for the public’s input on the SIRs to help the provide Council with insight into community perspective and ensure City policies responsibly govern the… [ Keep reading ]
Today the Seattle Police Department is launching an important new partnership with an organization known for reducing racial bias in public safety; the Center for Policing Equity (CPE). The CPE is a Los Angeles-based research and advocacy organization that produces analyses to identify and reduce the causes of racial disparities… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after a man was struck and killed by a driver in a hit-and-run in the 3000 block of 127th Avenue Northeast. At approximately 10:45pm, a passerby called 911 to report a man lying in the road with apparent injuries. Seattle Fire Department medics arrived and provided aid to the 58-year-old… [ Keep reading ]
Update 10/20/2020: Seattle Police Homicide detectives have had a break in an investigation that began in 2019. Police in Las Vegas arrested a 20-year-old man for a local charge there but notified Seattle Police that a man they suspected in the homicide, had been taken into custody. SPD detectives flew… [ Keep reading ]
