A scary looking 911 callout from overnight
Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were dispatched to a terrible situation overnight on Capitol Hill but fortunately the incident turned out to be a false report.
Just before 4 AM Thursday, a caller to 911 reported that he had shot and killed multiple people and was ready to kill himself. The caller would not provide his location but police were able to track the call to the area around 17th and E Olive St. Continue reading
A late night hold-up of a Capitol Hill convenience store involved two suspects reportedly armed with a silver handgun and some sort of stink bomb or pepper spray device.
According to East Precinct radio reports, police were called to the 700 block of Bellevue Ave E around 11:30 PM Saturday night to the reported armed robbery at the Mercato Bellagio quick shop. Continue reading
Police investigated Wednesday night after a woman reported she was assaulted and groped on 15th Ave E in North Capitol Hill.
In addition to reporting the attack to SPD, the victim reached out to CHS to make sure others in the area are aware of the assault.
“I reported this to the police but not much could be done,” she writes. “I’m just hoping to make the community aware as this is a spot I typically feel safe and it was in daylight on a busy street.”
The Capitol Hill resident tells CHS she was walking on 15th Ave E where it slopes down to become E Boston St when she was grabbed. “About midway down the Boston hill a man ran up behind me and grabbed my behind really hard,” the victim writes. “Before I could realize what happened, he was sprinting back up the hill.”
She reported the assault to police but there were no immediate arrests. The suspect is described as an unknown race male around 5’7″ or 5’8″, with a stocky build, and wearing jeans and a black hoodie with the hood pulled up at the time of the Wednesday night assault.
If you have information about the incident or can help identify the suspect, call 911.
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Metro has started a new campaign it hopes will help reduce incidents of lewd comments on its buses and increase reporting of sexual misconduct.
The “Report it to Stop It” campaign focuses on encouraging riders to report the problem: Metro is calling on riders to report misconduct by:
The push to encourage reporting comes amid a huge increase in reported incidents, according to officials. “Since the #MeToo movement gained widespread attention in October 2017, calls to KCSARC’s Resource Line have increased by more than 50% compared to the previous year,” Metro says.
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A fight that drew a large group outside the Havana nightclub early Friday morning ended with a male victim stabbed in the back.
According to East Precinct radio dispatches, police were called to a fight disturbance around 2:15 AM involving two female combatants and a large group outside the 10th and Pike night spot.
They arrived to find a man in the 900 block of E Pike with multiple stab wound to the back. We do not have details on his condition but he was conscious and able to speak with police. UPDATE: Police say the victim was stabbed about five times and was taken to Harborview. SFD reports that he was in serious condition.
The suspect was described as having a distinctive “University of Washington tattoo” on his face.
Police detained two people in the area following the stabbing and believe they have identified the suspect but he has not yet been taken into custody.
The man police say shattered the teeth of a victim he punched inside a nearby grocery store after crashing his car into the barriers outside E Madison’s Planned Parenthood last Wednesday has been charged for the assault and the damage but not for targeting the provider of women’s health services, according to court records filed in the case.
Charlie Armstead, 35, has been charged with second degree assault, fourth degree assault, and malicious mischief in the morning melee that included smashed cars and Planned Parenthood employees going into lockdown mode during the incident. Continue reading
Police interview a witness outside the E Madison Planned Parenthood Wednesday morning (Image: CHS)
Police took a man into custody Wednesday morning who appeared to be high on drugs and experiencing a mental crisis after he reportedly rammed his car into a barrier outside the E Madison Planned Parenthood, crashed into cars on nearby streets, and seriously injured a man he attacked inside the nearby Safeway.
According to East Precinct radio dispatches, staff at Planned Parenthood initiated security protocols at the E Madison facility after the crash around 9:30 AM. The building was not damaged by the crash but barriers were smashed in the collision. Continue reading
Union blocked at 26th. Shots apparently fired from fast moving car that turned down 27th and sped off. They're interviewing witnesses now. Nobody hit. @jseattle pic.twitter.com/7AGhSen2C2
— Whit. (@whitnuld) April 10, 2018
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Officers searching area around Rainier Ave. S./S. Charlestown after suspects ran from a car involved in an earlier shots fired call in the Central District. One in custody, still an active scene, will update when additional information is available.
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) April 10, 2018
UPDATE 4:52 PM: Police say four people were taken into custody after a brief chase near Rainier Ave S and a search assisted by the King County Sheriff’s Guardian-1 helicopter. UPDATE 4/11/18: SPD has added additional information about the arrests: “After lengthy interviews by detectives, the four suspects, a 20-year-old male, a 20-year-old female, and two 16-year-old males were booked into the King County Jail and Youth Services Center for various charges related to this incident. The suspect vehicle, the Kia, was a reported stolen car from Kent, and was impounded from the scene pending a search warrant. A 9mm handgun was located next to the stolen Kia, and was recovered for evidence.”
A woman said she was robbed at gunpoint and gunfire was reported in the area just before midnight in an incident near the 600 block of Summit Ave E late Sunday night. UPDATE: Police say the incident appears to have been drug related and not a robbery.
Police rushed to the block home to the Summit Pub and Sun Liquor around 11:55 PM where the victim said she had been robbed about 10 minutes earlier by a man and woman reportedly in a ReachNow-style car-sharing vehicle.
The victim told police a shot was fired during the robbery. There were no reported injuries. Continue reading
