The Seattle Police Department wishes Seattle residents a Happy Halloween and offers these safety tips as little ghouls and goblins prepare to roam from home to home. The weather is going to be rainy and dark, perfect weather for a haunting, but terrible for the little monsters to be easily… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives, officers, and federal law enforcement agents arrested a 28-year-old man wanted for a Sept. 5 drive-by shooting in North Seattle. During a several month investigation, detectives in the Gun Violence Reduction Unit (GVRU) developed probable cause to arrest the man, who has a violent criminal history, for… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers are investigating after a driver ran a red light, causing a multi-vehicle traffic crash in North Seattle this afternoon. At about 1:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a collision in the intersection of Aurora Avenue North and North 130th Street. There, officers found multiple damaged… [ 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 a fatal pedestrian collision in the Eastlake neighborhood this morning. At about 6:05 a.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a recycling truck running over a man on East Shelby Street near the 2800 block of Eastlake Avenue East. There, officers found a man down… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police are investigating a drive-by shooting that injured a 26-year-old man in Capitol Hill this morning. Just before 3:00 a.m., patrol officers responded to a shooting in the 1500 block of East Olive Way. There, officers found a victim with a gunshot wound to the arm. The Seattle Fire… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police detectives and the Renton Police Department (RPD) arrested 29-year-old man in connection to the two-million-dollar jewelry store robbery in West Seattle on Aug 14. Renton police arrested the suspect on Oct. 16 for multiple smash and grab robberies and additional weapons charges. The man, a previously convicted felon,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle police officers rushed to save a man who apparently set himself on fire in the University District this morning. At about 3:10 a.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a man on fire in the 4500 block of Brooklyn Avenue Northeast. Officers arrived within five minutes and found him… [ Keep reading ]
SEATTLE – Mayor Bruce Harrell and Police Chief Shon Barnes today celebrated a major police recruitment milestone – the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is on track to hire its 150th officer in 2025 in the coming weeks. This means that SPD will hire more officers in 2025 than in 2024… [ 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 ]
