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• Pike/Broadway “help the officer” — An East Precinct officer on hand to assist as Seattle Fire treated an apparently mentally ill or high person near Pike and Broadway Sunday afternoon around 4 PM had to issue a “help the officer” alert during a struggle at the scene. According to SPD radio dispatches, the situation was quickly brought under control as units rushed to the area to assist in taking the person into custody. We’ll update if we learn more about the incident. UPDATE: @josearmenteros provided this video of the incident. Last week, CHS shared an update regarding changes in policy regarding how SPD deals with “crisis intervention” situations involving people who are high or mentally ill.
• Pike/Pine muggings: Police had a busy “spring forward” night in the East Precinct with two reported street robberies to investigate. In the first incident around 1:20 AM Sunday, the victim told police his wallet was stolen by two thieves in a strong arm robbery near E Union and Harvard. Police arrived and tracked down the victim who described the suspects as two black males around 5’7″ to 5’9″ and wearing black knit caps and black jackets at the time of the robbery. In a second mugging, police were called to E Pike and Boylston where the victim reported a phone mugging around 3:20 AM. Police were searching for suspects described as two black males, one wearing a Boston Celtics beanie and a black coat, the other wearing a black hoodie over a pea coat and red shoes.
• Broadway overdose: Seattle Fire was called to the parking garage at 210 Broadway E just before 2 AM for a person suffering from a reported drug overdose. According to radio dispatches, responders were administering CPR. Police were also called to the scene. We do not know more information about the victim’s condition at this time. Seattle Fire medics rescued a man and a woman suffering from serious heroin overdoses in the same garage in January.
• Pike/Broadway fight + superhero: Police had some help during a brawl reported just after 3 AM at the Shell station at Pike/Broadway. Police responded to the area to break up the fight. Phoenix Jones was on hand to cheer them on.