Category Archives: Crime

Police investigate Rainier Ave shooting involving Metro bus — UPDATE: Shelter in place at Garfield High School

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The Seattle Police Department reports a man was shot and the suspect was taken into custody in a Friday morning involving a Metro bus at Rainier Ave and Dearborn.

The shooting was reported just before 10 AM. Seattle Fire was called to the scene to treat a man who had been shot in the chest outside the bus and rush him to Harborview.

UPDATE 12:45 PM: A Friday afternoon reported firearm incident outside Garfield High School put the campus into “shelter in place”status during the school’s lunch period. The “shelter” situation was not related to the morning’s Rainier Ave shooting. Police were investigating after a 911 caller reported seeing multiple teens carrying handguns and leaving the area. There have been no reports of shots fired and SPD was reportedly in contact with the officer who has been assigned to patrol the school’s parking lot daily.

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Police say man dropped at Harborview after being shot in the head linked to car found at Central District school

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Police are continuing to investigate after a car discovered abandoned at the Central District’s Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Wednesday morning was linked to an overnight shooting when a victim who had been shot in the head and dumped at Harborview. Continue reading →

Police arrest domestic violence suspect after apartment standoff near East Precinct

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Police engaged in a long standoff with a domestic violence suspect overnight Thursday in a 12th Ave apartment building just blocks from the East Precinct.

SPD was called to the building just after 1 AM where the victim fled and reported the suspect was likely still inside an upper floor apartment. Continue reading →

DNA analysis leads to arrest in 1994 Capitol Hill cold case — UPDATE

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The Seattle Police Department says DNA analysis has led to an arrest in the unsolved murder of a 14-year-old who disappeared after leaving summer school at Capitol Hill’s Meany Middle School in July 1994.

The case of Tanya Marie Frazier had stymied investigators for decades despite the discovery of DNA evidence at the scene where the girl’s body was found five days after her disappearance dumped in the bushes along Capitol Hill’s E Highland Drive naked and with her throat slashed. Investigators believed she had been killed elsewhere and her body driven to the curving Capitol Hill side street to be dumped not far from where she was last seen. Continue reading →

Man stabbed on E Republican — UPDATE

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A man reported stabbed and walking away from the scene near a Capitol Hill homeless encampment was found at 15th and Republican Thursday night.

Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were called to the area just before 10:30 PM where a stabbing victim was reported near 11th and Republican. The victim was quickly located a few blocks away where Seattle Fire rendered aid before transporting the man to the hospital. Continue reading →

911 | Spike in overdoses includes First Hill apartment OD that kills one, sends two more to hospital

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  • Deadly overdose: A flurry of Seattle overdose emergencies Tuesday including a deadly OD in a First Hill apartment. Around 11 PM, Seattle Fire was called to a unit of the Stockbridge Apartment building on Boren Ave around to a reported overdose involving three people suffering opioid overdoses. Seattle Fire reports its crews attempted lifesaving efforts for a 31-year-old man but were unsuccessful. The victim was declared dead at the scene. Lifesaving efforts on a 31-year-old man continued and was transported to Harborview in critical condition. Seattle Fire says a 33-year-old woman was also treated and taken to Harborview in stable condition. SFD typically responds to overdose calls every day but Tuesday’s spike was unusual with six separate incidents across the city including another around 11:30 PM Tuesday in front of the Harvard Market QFC. Grocery store security reportedly administered Naloxone to reverse the overdose and were performing CPR until Seattle Fire arrived to treat and transport the victim. The Seattle Police Department is investigating the Boren Ave apartment death. Drug testing strips are available for sale online and for free from area community groups. 

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CHOP: Report details new evidence and videos in unsolved killing of Antonio Mays Jr.

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Mays Jr.

A CHS reader shared this image from the night Mays Jr. was shot and killed on 12th Ave (Image: CHS)

UPDATE 10/31/2025 9:00 AM: The trial date in the case has again been pushed back and is now scheduled for December. In the meantime, the city is continuing its motions in efforts to have the case dismissed.

Original report: Documents and records unearthed as part of a lawsuit against the City of Seattle over the killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. inside a Jeep Cherokee that had been driven at high speeds through the 2020 CHOP protest camp have revealed new details of the unsolved homicide.

The suit is scheduled to go to trial next week as the two sides argue over final decisions on testimony and expert witnesses. In one recent filing, City Attorney Ann Davison has asked the court to reject the defense’s witness responsible for establishing a monetary value for the teen’s life. Similar lawsuits were settled by the city before trials began.

The deadly shooting — one of two killings of Black teens in the camp — came early on a Monday morning amid a night of drive-by shooting fears around the protest zone.

The explosion of gunfire left Mays Jr. dead. His teen companion in the vehicle survived but suffered a brain injury. It was a final straw as Seattle Police stormed the protest encampments and cleared the area two days later.

No suspects have been publicly identified in the case.

More than five years later, a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Antonio Mays Sr. has revealed details and corroborated accounts of the confusion and panic that led to the 16-year-old’s death and how the Seattle Police Department stood by in the hours following the shooting. Continue reading →

Police investigate drive-by shooting at Denny and E Olive Way — UPDATE

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One person was reported shot and police were looking for a possible suspect vehicle in an incident under investigation near Denny and East Olive Way early Tuesday.

Police were called to the scene just before 3 AM where a man suffering from a gunshot wound was reported in front of the nightlife businesses along E Olive Way.

Seattle Fire treated the victim and transported him to Harborview. We do not have information on his condition. Continue reading →

E Pike stabbing aboard Metro bus investigated

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A stabbing aboard a Metro bus brought a large emergency response to Pike and Minor Sunday.

Emergency units were called to the area just after 4:30 PM to the reported stabbing. Seattle Fire responded to treat the victim reported still aboard the Metro coach. The victim was being treated for non-life threatening injuries according to emergency radio updates. Continue reading →

911 | Pedestrian hit on E Olive Way by reported DWI driver

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  • Pedestrian hit on E Olive Way: A pedestrian crossing E Olive Way was struck by a driver and sent to the hospital and the driver was taken into custody by police in an overnight collision early Saturday morning. Seattle Fire and Seattle Police responded to E Olive Way in front of Hula Hula around 12:10 AM for the reported “significant impact” crash. SFD reports the 31-year-old man was taken to Harborview in stable condition. Witnesses reports say the driver was evaluated for drug or alcohol use and taken into custody by police. Continue reading →