Update 11/5/25 6:00PM Under state law (RCW 10.114.011 and WAC 139-12), the release of information relating to the 10/30 officer-involved shooting investigation is being managed by the King County Sheriff’s Office, which is serving as an Independent Investigative Team (IIT) for SPD. The King County Sheriff’s Office Independent Investigations Team… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers arrested twelve suspects during a Retail Theft Operation in South Seattle Monday afternoon. On Oct. 27, patrol officers and detectives in the General Investigations Unit (GIU) conducted a joint Retail Theft Operation at Lowe’s in the 2700 block of Rainier Avenue South. Detectives and officers teamed up… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives are investigating an accidental shooting near Lakeridge Park in South Seattle last night. On Oct. 26 at 9:13 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of shots fired in the woods near the 10300 block of Waters Avenue South. There, officers searched the area, yet they did not… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives are investigating a shooting in the Columbia City neighborhood last night. On Oct. 26, at 10:23 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a shooting in a gas station parking lot at 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way South (MLK). There, officers found multiple shell casings and… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers are investigating a shooting that injured a 51-year-old man in South Seattle this morning. At 2:53 a.m., patrol officers responded to a shooting and a man screaming in the 3600 block of 34th Avenue South. There, they found a man, bleeding, with a gunshot wound to his… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives are seeking the public’s assistance with the fatal shooting of Zachary Raymond-Becker, in South Seattle on the afternoon of Oct. 20. Officers found Raymond-Becker, 37, with a gunshot wound to the head. Raymond-Becker died at the scene. The shooting occurred to the southwest of Golf Drive South… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers arrested a 46-year-old man for robbery and assaulting a security guard after stealing multiple items from a South Seattle grocery store. On Oct. 20, at about 3:15 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a shoplifter using mace on security at a grocery store in the 3800… [ Keep reading ]
On Saturday, October 18, at 10:09 p.m., officers responded to a single-vehicle collision at East Marginal Way South and South Spokane Street in the SODO neighborhood. Police arrived and found a vehicle overturned with a 16-year-old female driver trapped inside. A second male teen had been ejected and was in… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating a string of fires set by an arsonist in South Seattle Friday morning. On October 17 at approximately 12:13 a.m., a suspect described as wearing dark clothing set multiple fires starting at 22nd Avenue South and South Hill Street. The arsons progressed southbound, ending near South Walden… [ Keep reading ]
On Monday, October 13, at 11:31 p.m., officers responded to a report of an armed carjacking in the 3200 block of Rainier Avenue South in the Rainier Valley Neighborhood. Police arrived and contacted a 20-year-old man who said he had been sitting in his parked vehicle with a 20-year-old female… [ Keep reading ]
