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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