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East Precinct officers responding to an emergency call were taken to the hospital following a multiple car collision at 12th and Spruce Monday around 4:15 PM

A shots fired report was broadcast over SPD radio just before the crash. Media outlets are reporting a Sheriff deputy involved shooting in SoDo. UPDATE: A Sheriff department spokesperson said the suspect in the shooting at SoDo station is dead. UPDATE x2: SPD confirms the officers were responding to the SoDo shooting.

We do not yet have details of the collision and whether it involved any additional vehicles or injuries. UPDATE: The crash involved two vehicles — an SPD cruiser and a white sedan carrying an uninjured driver — with damage and an Orange Cab that the police cruiser smashed into. One officer was reported to have sustained serious injuries and was transported from the scene. Both officers were reported as alert and conscious following the crash. UPDATE: SPD says all four people involved in the crash were transported to the hospital as a precaution.

Traffic in the area was diverted during the emergency response and streets in the area remained closed during the investigation. UPDATE: SPD said 12 Ave between at Spruce would be closed for around thee hours during the collision investigation.

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• Harvard robberies: Police were called to the 1500 block Harvard between Pike and Pine early Saturday to a reported street robbery at knifepoint by a group of teens. Police arrived to find multiple victims — the group had pulled off at least one other street robbery nearby before fleeing the area. According to East Precinct radio, police were called to the area around 3 AM after a report that multiple people had just been forced to hand over their wallets at knifepoint to a group of young male suspects. When officers arrived, they found an additional victim apparently robbed by the same group. The suspects were described as young black males in their teens or early 20s, each wearing plain black clothing. A search for the suspects was not immediately successful. We do not have any reports of injuries associated with the hold-ups.
• Knife wound victim at Madison and Boylston: An extremely intoxicated victim with a knife laceration to his calf flagged down police near Madison and Boylston to request help for the stabbing. According to SPD radio dispatches, the victim was intoxicated and waved down police multiple times before agreeing to be treated by Seattle Fire. Units arrived at the scene around 3:35 AM. There were no further details available about where the stabbing occurred or why it happened.