The following are based on incident reports from the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct . They are based on the officers’ accounts of the events described. 

At 11 minutes past midnight on September 11, a man called 911 to report that an assault had taken place near the corner of 11th Avenue and East Pike Street. Officers arrived to find a man in his mid-30s being treated by paramedics. The man was noticeably intoxicated. He was missing the top of a front tooth and officers thought a part of his upper lip had been ripped off. At first he was hesitant to tell officers what had happened, but he eventually told them that he was crossing East Pike Street when a car driving westbound failed to stop for him at a crosswalk. The man then pounded his fist on the car, which prompted the car to stop. The vehicle’s passenger got out of the car, walked up to the man and punched him in the face. The man got back in the car and the car sped away. A witness told a similar version, adding that the victim walked into the intersection very suddenly. Officers searched the area for the car without success. The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center for additional treatment.

At 5:19 p.m. on September 10 officers responded to a 23rd Avenue convenience store after the store’s owner reported that a disturbance was taking place inside. As they approached the store they were flagged down by a man and a woman. The pair identified themselves as customers and told police the dispute began after the store owner acted rudely to them. The store owner, and a witness, said that the couple created the situation when, after becoming upset with the store’s prices they started arguing with the owner. The witness said the owner was threatened that someone would come to the store and beat him up. He requested the pair be trespassed from the store, and officers concurred. The pair, a man in his late 30s and a woman in her early 40s, were issued trespass admonishment cards. When they refused to sign them, the were escorted by officers away from the store.

Also on September 10, at 10:20 a.m., officers responded to the 15th Avenue East QFC after a store employee reported a shoplifting incident. He’d seen a man in his mid-20s walk through the store taking numerous items from the shelves and putting them in his backpack. He then tried to leave the store but was stopped by the employee, who snatched the backpack back. The backpack was left behind and the shoplifter ran away in an unknown direction. Officers searched the area for him without success. The employee told officers he pulled out roughly $310 worth of items from the backpack.

And again on September 10, this time at 10:34 a.m., officers responded the Seattle Academy’s main building on 12th Avenue and East Union Street. The call regarded a man in his mid-20s who appeared to be watching high school girls walk in and out of the school. His stood on the sidewalk starting at girls for about 45 minutes. His behavior intimidated staff and students at the school. The man was confronted by a school official and asked to leave. When the man said he just wanted to lay down police were called. They spoke with the man in a nearby alley. He provided ID, which was checked and cleared of warrants. He was very slow answering questions, kept pacing back and forth in the alley and acted very confused. When asked if he was ever arrested, he said he was, a year ago, for walking down the street naked. As he had no criminal history in Seattle, officers thought the incident might have occurred in another city. When asked if he had any mental issues he said he did not. Officers issued a trespass admonishment card prohibiting him from being in the area for one year. He signed the paperwork, said he understood the terms and walked away from the scene.