911 | Pike/Pine gunpoint cowboy hat robbery, 13th and Fir gunfire, auto theft stats

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  • Cowboy hat robbery: Police responded to reported armed robbery after a group of bandits allegedly stole a man’s cowboy hat at gunpoint on Capitol Hill Friday night. According to the SPD report on the hold-up, police were called to the crime scene near E Pike’s Poquitos just before 9:30 PM. “The victim stated suspects stole his cowboy hat from his head and ran.” the SPD brief on the incident reads. “The suspects flashed a gun at him when he attempted to chase them.” Police say the cowboy eventually got his hat back — but not before the bad guys made off with some loot. “The suspects later dropped the hat but took dollars that were attached to it,” SPD reports. There were no arrests.
  • 13th/Fir gunfire: Police were called to the area of 13th and E Fir Saturday afternoon to reports of a suspect inside a car shooting at another vehicle. SPD said officers arrived in the area around 2:40 PM and located two crime scenes “with shell casings of different calibers.” In addition to the casings, police found a parked vehicle had sustained damage during the shooting. Police found nobody injured at the scene and a check of area hospitals came up clear of any gunshot wound victims. There were no arrests. Continue reading

911 | Montlake construction site standoff, Broadway bike cop drug stops, Safeway shoplifter threat

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  • Montlake school work site arrest: A man was taken into custody Friday morning after a brief standoff in a work trailer at the Montlake Elementary School construction site. Police were called to the area of 22nd and E Calhoun around 8:00 AM to a disturbance involving a recently fired worker armed with a small pocket knife who had entered a work trailer at the site, according to East Precinct radio updates. As others cleared out of the trailer, police were able to contact the man and he was reported in custody without incident. There were no reported injuries.
  • Broadway bike cop drug stops: The East Precinct’s bike officers are running “narcotic activity stops” along Broadway, according to the department’s “significant incident reports.” In one report from last Friday, SPD says the stops “located four subjects engaging in narcotics use.” Two of the people stopped were “identified, cleared, and released” while another had an outstanding warrant and was arrested and transported to King County Jail. The fourth man was observed “holding a bag of suspected narcotics.” “He stated that the substance was ‘clear,’ and he was arrested,” SPD reports. “Clear” is typically slang for crystal methamphetamine. Officers found the man was also carrying fentanyl and more meth. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of drug charges.
  • Safeway shoplifter threat: Police were called to the 22nd and Madison Safeway last Tuesday for an early morning incident involving a pair of repeat shoplifters who threatened a manager with “a taser/knife type of weapon” —
    At 0602 hours, an adult male and female were shoplifted items out of grocery store. As they were walking out with a basket full of unpaid for items ($200), the manager tried to grab the basket. The male suspect pulled it away and produced a taser/knife type of weapon and told the manager that if he didn’t back off, he would get assaulted. The manager backed away and the two suspects drove away in a white chevy pickup truck with rubbish in the back. The manager said these two suspects are frequent shoplifters and provided evidence.
    There were no reported injuries and no arrests.
  • Bus driver strikes pedestrian: A woman was left conscious and without life threatening injuries after she was struck by a Metro bus driver Monday morning at 18th and Cherry. According to emergency radio updates, police and Seattle Fire were called to the corner just before 8 AM to the reported collision and found the injured woman sitting upright and conscious. She was treated at the scene and taken to the hospital for further treatment.
 

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Medical examiner says man found in road at Volunteer Park died of overdose

The King County Medical Examiner says the man who died early Monday morning after being found down in the roadway at Volunteer Park suffered a fatal drug overdose.

Investigators have identified the man as William Gonya. The 67-year-old was found unconscious by a passerby just after 4:30 AM Monday near 14th and Prospect near the park’s water tower and was pronounced dead at the scene after Seattle Fire crews were unsuccessful in reviving him. Continue reading

911 | I-5 concrete throwing arrest, 25th Ave gunpoint carjacking, Skate Like a Girl bus crash

(Image: Skate Like a Girl)

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  • 25th Ave carjacking: An armed duo of thieves carjacked a driver making a delivery in the area of E Olive St and 25th Ave Saturday night. According to SPD’s brief on the incident, the driver was robbed of his vehicle at gunpoint by two males around 8:30 PM. Police were searching for the red 2009 Toyota Camry taken in the incident. One of the suspects was reported armed with a handgun outfitted with what appeared to be a laser sight. There were no reported injuries and no arrests.

  • Man busted for throwing concrete onto I-5: Police say they arrested a man Tuesday morning after seeing him throw “a large chunk of concrete” onto I-5 from the Pike overpass. According to SPD, police received a report of a man throwing rocks onto the freeway just before noon Tuesday. As police arrived, the man reportedly seen throwing the chunk over a fence and down about 50 feet onto I-5. “Officers immediately engaged the suspect who fled west bound, resulting in a short foot pursuit before apprehending the individual,” SPD’s brief reads. Continue reading

One shot in arm in 24th Ave shootout on deadly night of gun violence in Seattle — UPDATE

Seattle Police investigated an apparent shootout that left one person with non-life threatening injuries near 24th Ave and Columbia on a night of gun violence around the city including a fatal shooting in the International District.

Multiple callers reported shots fired in the Central District around 10:45 PM Wednesday. Arriving officers found one person with a gunshot injury to the arm and shell casings from multiple weapons on the ground, according to East Precinct radio updates.

Seattle Fire was called to the scene to treat the male patient who was transported by private ambulance in stable condition for further treatment. Continue reading

911 | I-5 falls, Seattle cold weather deaths

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  • I-5 fall: Emergency crews treated a man who jumped or fell onto the Olive Way exit from I-5 Saturday morning. Seattle Fire reported responding to the incident along northbound freeway lanes just before 9 AM. A spokesperson says a 56-year-old male survived the fall and was in stable condition for transport to Harborview for further care. The I-5 overpasses below Capitol Hill are regularly the scenes for mental crisis calls and medical incidents including accidental falls from people trying to cross lanes of traffic or walk along narrow walls to access areas used for camping. Earlier this month, Seattle Fire responded to a fall onto northbound I-5 below Pike where it treated a 31-year-old man who suffered serious injuries in the incident. The man was taken to Harborview in critical condition in what was reported a mental health crisis call. We do not have an update on that incident.
    Resources to help those in need: National suicide-prevention hotline: 800-273-8255. Local Crisis Clinic: (206) 461-3222. If you need immediate assistance, call 911.
  • Cold weather deaths: The January cold snap that saw the lowest temperatures on Capitol Hill in 10 years was deadly. At least five people died from hypothermia in Seattle during the freezing January weekend, KUOW reports. They include this 63-year-old who died in a vehicle outside the Ballard Library. Another death was reported below I-5 on First Hill’s Seneca street where the King County Medical Examiner says Adam Elknation died outdoors of hypothermia and environmental exposure. Elknation was 37. The deaths occurred even as the city’s homelessness and shelter resources including emergency locations were mobilized to help give people warm places to stay. The health department says there were 31 emergency medical responses to cold-related incidents across the county on the January 12th weekend.
  • 14-year-old busted for car theft: SPD says it arrested a teen after tracking a stolen vehicle to Capitol Hill Sunday night:
    Shortly before 5:00 p.m., officers were notified that a stolen vehicle was tracking near the intersection of 15th Avenue South and South Lander Street. While officers were responding, dispatch advised there was a disturbance involving the vehicle, friends of the owner and multiple juvenile suspects. When officers arrived, they contacted the vehicle owner’s husband who found his wife’s stolen car and confronted the occupants. The husband told officers the driver attempted to flee the scene and crashed into another vehicle. After the crash, the husband fought with a passenger of the stolen vehicle. During the altercation, the driver of the stolen vehicle was able to drive away. Officers continued to track the stolen vehicle to a parking lot in the 300 block of East Olive Place.
    SPD says it caught up with the teen on a King County Metro bus. The juvenile was arrested for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and transported to 12th Ave’s Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center.
 

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911 | Capitol Hill Station knife assault response, First Hill stabbing, overnight power outages

A small tree temporarily blocked traffic on First Hill Tuesday morning

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  • Assault response at Capitol Hill Station: Seattle Fire was called to the southbound platform at Capitol Hill Station Monday night to treat a man with injuries from a knife assault. The just before 10:30 PM incident reportedly took place at the UW station where the King County Sheriff took a suspect into custody. The injured man was transported to Harborview in stable condition.
  • First Hill stabbing: A man was stabbed in the neck and the arm in an altercation Tuesday morning near the Broadway Whole Foods. Seattle Police were called to the area of Spring at Boylston just after 5:30 AM for the reported assault involving a suspect known to the victim, according to East Precinct radio updates. Seattle Fire was called to the scene to treat the man for the knife injuries. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, SPD said. Police were searching for a suspect who fled the scene and was believed to be headed to an area “tiny home” housing facility.
  • Overnight wind: Wind gusts exceeding 50 MPH toppled trees and left thousands without power overnight into Tuesday morning in Seattle including a handful of downed trees and outages reported around Capitol Hill and the Central District. The most significant loss of power on the Hill was reported in the area between E Olive Way and Pine below Boylston where around 900 customers were reported to be without full power. Several trees were down with the most significant falls reported around 30th Ave above Lake Washington.
  • East Precinct car prowl bust: SPD reports a suspect was caught in the act trying to get inside a locked police vehicle parked outside the East Precinct at 12th and Pine last Thursday:
    At 1505 hours GIU detectives were leaving the East Precinct on E Pine St when they observed the suspect riding a lime scooter WB on Pine. The suspect jumped off the scooter and walked towards an unoccupied marked SPD patrol vehicle. The suspect looked around the vehicle and then walked to the driver side. The suspect then tried to open the driver side door however the PIU was locked and secure. Detectives alerted this over east air and uniformed officers contacted and arrested the suspect for theft of a motor vehicle with criminal attempt. The suspect was transported and booked into KCJ.
 

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911 | SPD reports two arrested during confrontation over Cal Anderson camp clearance

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  • Cal Anderson camp clearance arrests: Seattle Police made two arrests Thursday morning after a group reportedly would not leave an area of Cal Anderson where workers were clearing an encampment. According to the SPD report on the incident, police were confronted by a group of eleven as workers at the site were “conducting an Obstruction clean with the Seattle Parks Department” around 8:30 AM. “Officers made the decision to affect an arrest on one of the activists. Immediately the other activists jumped in to unarrest the subject,” the SPD brief reads. “This led to another arrest and a line was set up to keep the remainder of the activists back.” SPD says one of the arrested was identified and released while the other was booked into King County Jail. There were no reported injuries.
  • Madison Valley ripoff: Police say thieves used a stolen truck to rip the front doors off a Madison Valley business early Sunday morning doing $20,000 in damage and making off with stolen goods from inside the shop. According to SPD, police were called to the 3100 block E Madison business just before 5 AM after the store’s owner reported security video showing two suspects inside the store. Police arrived to find the store had been ripped open by the large asphalt construction truck reported stolen the week before in Issaquah but the suspects had already fled the scene. There were no arrests and no injuries.
  • Central District gunfire: SPD says it investigated gunfire early Sunday near 26th and Fir:
    At approximately 0023 hours, there were numerous reports of shots fired in the area of 26 Ave & E Fir St. Witnesses heard a vehicle speed off southbound afterward. Officers arrived and located 17 9mm FCC’s of two different brands (USA & CBC). There were no victims. Patrol processed the scene, spoke to witnesses and collected evidence.
 

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911 | Tree falls on 17th Ave, Volunteer Park Reservoir fire, Broadway Rite Aid break-in

(Image: Charlie the Dog)

(Image: Charlie the Dog)

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  • Big tree down: A large tree rooted in rain-soaked soil toppled onto 17th Ave overnight blocking the street and ripping open a gas line. Seattle Fire was called to 17th and Denny around 2 AM to the three-foot wide downed tree after reports of a hissing sound and the smell of natural gas. Puget Sound Energy crews arrived at the scene just after 3 AM to lock down the broken line under conditions reported as still and very little wind. There were no reported injuries in the early Wednesday morning incident. 17th Ave was reported blocked and it wasn’t clear when SDOT would be out to cut away the fallen tree and branches to clear the area. UPDATE: A reader reports SDOT was on the scene this morning to remove the fallen tree.
  • Volunteer Park Reservoir fire: Seattle Fire and its specialized Energy Response Unit were dispatched to the Volunteer Park Reservoir Wednesday morning to a report of light smoke coming from an underground vault facility near the body of water. According to radio updates, responding crews reported what appeared to be burning debris within the gated Seattle Public Utilities facility just after 7 AM. It’s not clear what started the fire and how it was remedied in a response that was still underway hours later. SFD’s Energy Response Unit is a new team from the fire department and Seattle City Light launched earlier this year to fight electrical fires in substations and underground vaults. It is based at Capitol Hill’s Station 25.
  • Another Volunteer Park area fire: SFD was also on the scene an hour earlier on the west edge of the park along Federal Ave E where a caller reported a chemical toilet at a residential work site was on fire. Seattle Fire responded to deal with the blaze. There were no reported injuries. Seattle Police was also in the area at a nearby condo building responding to a reported crisis situation.
  • Pike/Belmont knife assault: SPD was called to the intersection of E Pike and Belmont after a woman suffered a reported knife wound in an altercation Monday afternoon. SPD and Seattle Fire responded to the area just after 4 PM to the reported stabbing and found a victim with a non-life threatening knife wound to the head:
    At 1609 hours, Officers were dispatched to an assault where the victim was stabbed in the head. The altercation started over an argument relating to pedestrian and scooter interference. A fight ensued between the victim and two suspects and while the victim was defending herself, she was stabbed in the head. The suspects fled the area. An area check was conducted while the victim was treated at the scene and later transported to the hospital. A possible suspect was located and during the investigation, multiple warrants were found. Unfortunately, the suspect could not be identified by the victim. The possible suspect was booked into SCORE jail on her warrants.  
  • Rite Aid burglary: Police were called to the recently shut down Broadway Rite Aid to a reported break-in Wednesday morning. Workers reported someone had busted into the shuttered store as they arrived to continue boxing up and clearing out remaining items around 9:30 AM. CHS reported here as bankruptcy woes over federal and state opioid lawsuits have led to the closure of the neighborhood’s remaining Bartell Drugs and Rite Aid stores. It was not immediately clear what if anything had been taken in the break-in. There were no reported arrests
 

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911 | Gunfire melee breaks out in Pike/Pine and Thanksgiving arsonist sets 14th Ave dumpster fires

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  • Pike/Pine gunfire melee: Add a bout of early Thanksgiving morning gunfire in the middle of Pike/Pine nightlife crowds to the outburst of recent area gun violence. Video of the incident has been widely shared on social media. According to police, the gunfire broke out as officer were arriving at 10th and Pike to clear a large disturbance involving around 100 people and a possible firearm. As police arrived, shots rangs out and people scattered. Police were able to identify the shooter and take the armed suspect into custody. Two suspect involved the dispute were arrested for malicious harassment. “Due to the volatile nature of the crowd, officers from the West Precinct arrived on scene to assist with scene with security,” SPD’s brief on the incident reads. Multiple gun violence incidents have been reported across the area in the past week including a man shot in the foot on Capitol Hill later Thanksgiving morning, a woman shot in the back inside an E Denny apartment building late Friday, a Monday night shootout at 21st and Union, and a rolling gunfight that left a vehicle flipped on its side at 23rd and Spruce Tuesday night.
  • Thanksgiving arson fires: Police say a suspect was caught on camera setting fires to multiple dumpsters in the area around 14th Ave and Pine on Thanksgiving. According to SPD, Seattle Fire was called to a blaze set in a dumpster outside the State Farm office on 14th Ave and found fires had also been set in multiple dumpsters in the area including one that SPD says “caused felony level damage to a nearby residential building.” The fires were quickly put out and there were no reported injuries. Police say surveillance cameras captured the suspect setting the fires but a search of the area for the arsonist was not successful. There were no reported arrests.
  • Central District apartment fire: Seattle Fire responded to a fire in a second story apartment at 23rd and Union’s Midtown Center development Wednesday afternoon. Crews were called to the building just before 2:30 PM. Seattle Fire said the fire was contained to the apartment unit and was brought under control by the sprinkler system. No injuries were reported.
 

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