This site contains Significant Incident Reports (SIRs). The types of reports that qualify as “significant” varies so here is what we consider significant.
- Assault with significant injury
- Bias crime
- Event likely to generate media attention
- Event likely to generate community concern
- Hostage/barricade
- In-custody death
- Officer assaulted
- Robbery
- Shots fired (with damage or evidence)
- Significant crisis events, including those resolved without force
- Type II and Type III use-of-force investigations
- Any other event a sergeant believes is significant
Incidents such as homicides, sexual assaults, domestic violence, child abuse and custody dispute calls, while significant, contain information that may identify the victim in a certain case and may not be posted here.
These reports are a small portion of the information we gather at an incident and are based on early information. Information in an officer’s final report may differ from the text contained here and should be considered more accurate.
- Saturday– March 22, 20252025-75730/West Precinct/First Watch: At 0207 hours, officers responded to HMC for a report of a GSW victim that walked in. Officers responded and spoke with the victim. The victim stated the incident occurred in SeaTac but was uncooperative with the investigation. Victim sustained a non-life threatening GSW to his left arm. The incident was screened… Read more: Saturday– March 22, 2025
- Friday– March 21, 20252025-75730/West Precinct/First Watch: At 1151 hours, officers were dispatched to a stabbing outside of a service provider. The call stated a male was outside stabbing people. Police arrived and located the suspect. The suspect did not comply with officer’s directions. Two officers deployed their 40 mm less lethal tool. They were not effective. An additional… Read more: Friday– March 21, 2025
- Thursday– March 20, 20252025-74487/West Precinct/First Watch: At 1716 hours, officers were dispatched to an assault call in the 100 block of 6th Ave S. Victims 1 and 2 were charging their phones in an apartment building lobby when they were approached by two suspects, who threatened them with physical harm while using slurs. Both victims were then assaulted… Read more: Thursday– March 20, 2025
- Wednesday– March 19, 2025#2025-73539/West Precinct/Second Watch: At 0445 hours, officers conducted a traffic stop at 4 Ave / Marion St. Officers developed probable cause for DUI and placed the suspect into custody. During the investigation, officers recovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun and 2 grams of crack cocaine. A records check revealed the suspect to be a convicted felon… Read more: Wednesday– March 19, 2025
- Tuesday– March 18, 2025#2025-72248/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: At 0004 hours, the suspect was at the QFC located at the 4500 BLK of 42 Ave SW. The suspect was blocking the alcove. Security advised the suspect that he couldn’t block the alcove. The suspect got angry and pointed a firearm at the victim’s chest and made a threat. The victim… Read more: Tuesday– March 18, 2025
- Monday– March 17, 2025#2025-71750/North Precinct/Third Watch: At 1302 hours, the suspect recently arrived from out of state and does not appear to have a history in this area. Today staff at the business observed her doing property damage to a Tesla parked at the business. She was detained by staff until officers arrived and taken into custody without… Read more: Monday– March 17, 2025
- Sunday– March 16, 2025#2025-70399/West Precinct/Third Watch: At 0132 hours, Radio broadcast a Shots call in the area of Kerry Park. Radio updated there were multiple callers and upon arrival 13 shell casings were located. There were no witnesses to the actual incident, just people describing two cars speeding away. GVRU was advised, patrol processed the scene. #2025-70415/South Precinct/Third… Read more: Sunday– March 16, 2025
- Saturday– March 15, 2025#2025-69524/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: At 0225 hours, SW Patrol responded to a report of shots heard in the 800 block of S Donavan St. Officers arrived and located twelve 9mm FCC’s in the alley north of Donovan. No other damage/evidence, witness or victims were located, and the casings were collected and submitted to SPD Evidence. 253… Read more: Saturday– March 15, 2025
- Friday– March 14, 2025#2025-68836/West Precinct/Second Watch: At 1258 hours, there were approximately 250 subjects demonstrating at the Federal Building. They marched from the Federal building to the Federal Courthouse, in the road. The demonstrators had a car brigade. Patrol provided traffic control as the crowd marched. LT was on scene. #2025-68931/North Precinct/Second Watch: At 1612 hours, the RP… Read more: Friday– March 14, 2025
- Thursday– March 13, 2025#2025-67363/East Precinct/Third Watch: At 0016 hours, Officers responded to a report of a shooting involving two people walking their dogs. During the walk, the dogs began fighting, and one of the dog owners, a valid CPL holder, drew a handgun and fired one round into the other dog. Investigation revealed that the dog owner acted… Read more: Thursday– March 13, 2025
- Wednesday– March 12, 2025#2025-66572/East Precinct/First Watch: At 0834 hours, at approximately 0834hrs, call received reporting an arson to an open business. The suspect proceeded to start four dumpster fires around the area. The suspect was located and arrested. #2025-67054/West Precinct/Second Watch: At 1638 hours, a planned gathering of demonstrators met in front of the of the Tesla business… Read more: Wednesday– March 12, 2025
- Tuesday– March 11, 2025#2025-65396/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: At 0231 hours, in the SW Precinct area, the victim and suspect got into an argument, and the suspect got angry and strangled the victim. She reported that there was a firearm inside the apartment. Officers arrived and had her exit the apartment prior to arrival. Officers set up a tactical plan… Read more: Tuesday– March 11, 2025
- Monday– March 10, 2025#2025-64432/North Precinct/First Watch: At 0453 hours, several callers reported hearing 7-8 gunshots in the 8200 block of Greenwood Ave N. A loud disturbance was also heard, with two vehicles and people on foot fleeing the scene. An occupied residence with 8 bullet impacts was located. Several people had been in the home at the time… Read more: Monday– March 10, 2025
- Sunday– March 9, 2025#2025-63739/North Precinct/First Watch: At 0835 hours, North Officers were asked by SFD to respond to a DESC apartment building for a 4-week-old baby girl that they were currently performing CPR on. While en route, Officers were advised SFD was transporting the child to Children’s Hospital with CPR still underway. The child passed away at the… Read more: Sunday– March 9, 2025
- Saturday– March 8, 2025#2025-62692/South Precinct/Third Watch: At 0211 hours, officers responded to a report of a walk in GSW at Swedish First Hill. Officers contacted the victim and learned that the victim had been involved in a verbal dispute with an unknown suspect at 300 block Broadway East. The two parties separated and went their own ways. The… Read more: Saturday– March 8, 2025
- Friday– March 7, 2025#2025-61578/South Precinct/Third Watch: At 0015 hours, the victim pulled in front of his residence after returning from work. He was approached by 4-5 masked suspects and at least one was armed with a handgun. The suspects followed the victim inside his residence and demanded money. While inside the residence the suspects held the victim at… Read more: Friday– March 7, 2025
- Thursday– March 6, 2025#2025-60682/West Precinct/Third Watch: At 0453 hours, officers were dispatched to the report of a DV assault/no contact order violation in the 200 block of 5th Avenue North. The R/P (a security guard) had also been assaulted by the suspect after attempting to intervene and assist the victim. Officers arrived and contacted the suspect, who was… Read more: Thursday– March 6, 2025
- Wednesday– March 5, 2025#2025-59618/West Precinct/Third Watch: At 0107 hours, multiple victims called 911 to report a male brandishing a firearm at them near 3rd Avenue and Pike Street. A specific suspect description was provided, and officers located a matching suspect nearby. Upon contact, the suspect dropped a loaded pistol, with a 30-round magazine, behind a streetlamp post. Officers… Read more: Wednesday– March 5, 2025
- Tuesday– March 4, 2025#2025-59476/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: At 2022 hours, Tukwila PD tracked a suspect from their jurisdiction to the 700 block of S Sullivan Street. Tukwila was primary on the incident and their incident commander notified SPD that they were in our jurisdiction and SPD provided traffic control and cleared the scene. #2025-59502/West Precinct/Third Watch: At 2052… Read more: Tuesday– March 4, 2025
- Monday– March 3, 2025#2025-57705/South Precinct/Third Watch: At 0121 hours, the victim was walking in a residential area when two men pulled up in a dark SUV pulled a gun and demanded the victim’s wallet. He complied and gave them his wallet, the suspects got back in the SUV and fled. Area check was conducted but was not located.
- Sunday– March 2, 2025#2025-56872/South Precinct/Third Watch: At 0110 hours, officers responded to the area of Rainier Ave S and S Holly St for a just occurred robbery involving a firearm. The suspects pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the victim and demanded all of his belongings. The suspects were described as a black male, wearing a black jacket… Read more: Sunday– March 2, 2025
- Saturday– March 1, 2025#2025-22152/North Precinct/Second Watch: At 1345 hours, GIU with the assistance of Officers and Sergeants from East, North and West Patrol served a residential search warrant for a suspect who was selling property online, taken in a $100K+ burglary, from the Public Storage unit in downtown Seattle. This is part of a larger investigation being conducted… Read more: Saturday– March 1, 2025
- Friday– February 27, 2025#2025-54901/East Precinct/First Watch: At 0627 hours, Officers were dispatched to assist SFD with traffic control due to an apartment building fire near 12 AV / E Howell. The building was a 3-story apartment building and the 2nd and 3rd floor were extensively damaged due to the fire. SFD had evacuated the building prior to arrival… Read more: Friday– February 27, 2025
- Thursday– February 27, 2025#2025-53860/East Precinct/Third Watch: At 0214 hours, callers reported a male and female fighting outside of a bar. Officers arrived to find the male and female both with stab wounds, and the female with facial injuries. On investigation, the female pulled out a knife for an unknown reason and without verbal threats. The male tried to… Read more: Thursday– February 27, 2025
- Wednesday– February 26, 2025#2025-53413/West Precinct/Second Watch: At 1451 hours, the Victim (transgender) was on a King County Metro Bus and exited near 3rd Ave/Blanchard. Two unknown suspects followed victim off bus and began using anti-transgender and homophobic slurs towards the victim and then assaulted the victim. One of the suspects stole the victims cell phone and then both… Read more: Wednesday– February 26, 2025