Two people were injured Friday morning in two unrelated shootings at opposite ends of the city. At approximately 12:30 a.m., police responded to the 3200 block of Northeast 143rd Street for reports of an argument followed by gunshots. Officers arrived and found a man in the lobby of an apartment… [ Keep reading ]
Police have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of stealing purses and bags from more than a dozen women in the Chinatown-International District, Rainier Valley, and Beacon Hill. Over the last six weeks, the suspect approached his victims—primarily Asian women, from 40 to 80 years old—near their vehicles, outside Seattle grocery… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating after a man and woman were injured in a drive-by shooting in Lake City late Sunday. Just before midnight, police received multiple 911 calls about gunfire in the 11500 block of 31st Avenue Northeast. Officers arrived and found a man and the woman on the ground, being attended… [ Keep reading ]
Police are investigating a Friday night shooting in Rainier Beach and a Saturday night shooting in South Lake Union that each left one person injured. Friday at 10:46 p.m., multiple 911 callers reported hearing shots near the 4900 block of South Fletcher Street. Police responded and found a victim with… [ Keep reading ]
Three people were wounded in a shooting near Rainier Playfield on Wednesday evening. Just after 10:00 p.m., multiple 911 callers reported hearing shots fired near the intersection of 37th Avenue South and South Oregon Street. Police arrived and located two victims, both with non-life-threatening injuries. The Seattle Fire Department responded… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE 5/13/21: Chief’s Response to Community Concerns The Seattle Police Department received many questions today about the next steps in accountability for the events of last summer. Chief Diaz issued the following statement: “The closing of the OPA case in question was not the end of the Department’s response to… [ Keep reading ]
One man was wounded in a shooting in West Seattle shortly after midnight. Police were called to 16th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Roxbury Street shortly after 12 AM after reports of gunfire. At the scene, officers found shell casings and a man with a gunshot injury to his groin. Witnesses… [ Keep reading ]
Officers working a narcotics operation in the Chinatown-International District arrested a 47-year-old man Monday evening and recovered two firearms and narcotics, including fentanyl. Around 6 pm, police spotted a man who they believed was selling narcotics in the 800 block of South King Street. Officers stopped him and found he… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Police Department and King County Medical Examiner are seeking information about a woman, who has remained unidentified in the years since she was found dead from suicide in a downtown hotel in 1996. Upon checking into the Downtown hotel under the name “Mary Anderson”—which does not appear to… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested three men and recovered multiple firearms, body armor, and even a fake explosive device in three separate cases last week. Last Thursday, Robbery Unit Detectives were preparing to serve a warrant at the Des Moines home of a 40-year-old man they believed had fired a gun during a… [ Keep reading ]
