Category Archives: Crime

Murder charge: Marshals track down suspect in deadly December 31st shooting at Broadway and Pike

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From the SPD report on the investigation

Police say Hickman was identified with the help of security video and witness accounts at the scene

A 23-year-old Bellevue man has been arrested by U.S. Marshals and charged with the December 31st murder of Jonny Adamow at Broadway and Pike.

The office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney says Charles Hickman has been charged with first degree murder in the deadly late night ambush in which police say Hickman was targeting another person at the busy intersection.

Hickman was arrested by federal authorities Monday and booked into King County Jail that afternoon. He is held on $2 million bail.

Police have been searching for the suspect since the night of the murder. Prosecutors say detectives were able to identify the man through “video capturing unique identifying details and information from the witnesses present at the scene.” Continue reading →

Suspects in water pellet drive-by and harassment outside Capitol Hill’s Pony gay bar charged with hate crime

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The three people identified by police as the suspects in a water pellet drive-by and harassment incident outside Capitol Hill’s Pony gay bar have been charged with a hate crime.

The King County Prosecutor’s office says 19-year-old Justin Mayor, 24-year-old Jessica Clark, and a 17-year-old who police say the two adults admitted also joined Mayor in shouting slurs and firing off the water pellets have been charged under the state’s hate crime statute. Continue reading →

Crew targets luxury wristwatch in armed robbery outside Madison Park home

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Seattle Police are looking for a trio of bandits who targeted a man for his $45,000 Rolex wristwatch as he pulled into the driveway of a Madison Park home in a Tuesday afternoon gunpoint robbery.

SPD reports the victim told officers the armed suspects were waiting in a vehicle as he arrived around 3:22 PM and rushed toward him, grabbing the expensive watch, and then fleeing the scene.

According to East Precinct radio updates, a male and female armed suspect wearing hoodies and ski masks perpetrated the crime while a third suspect waited in the getaway vehicle. Continue reading →

Cascade Public Media is starting its second year on Broadway with security upgrade after ‘trespassing, vandalism, and break-ins’

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Last year, Cascade Public Media brought KCTS and Crosscut to their new home on Broadway.

The new headquarters for the Pacific Northwest PBS media group has faced problems familiar to other buildings in the neighborhood.

Plans filed with the city show Cascade’s security team is planning a $60,000 project to make the building safer after its first year on Broadway between Capitol Hill and First Hill.

The project will “install additional fencing and security grilles” to “mitigate trespassing, vandalism, and break-ins occurring at the facility.” Continue reading →

Man shot and killed in First Hill apartment building identified

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The man shot and killed in a First Hill apartment building early Wednesday morning has been identified as police continue to search for the gunman seen fleeing from the scene.

The King County Medical Examiner says 40-year-old David Chuyeshkov died early Wednesday inside First Hill’s Tuscany Apartments of injuries from a gunshot wound to the torso.

The Seattle Police Department has declined to release more information on the slaying citing the “open and active homicide investigation.”

UPDATE: A person with knowledge of the situation said that Chuyeshkov was not a resident of the building but that a ground floor unit had become a “drug squat” with regular trespassers.

CHS reported here on the deadly shooting as police were called to the Seneca at Summit building just before 1:45 AM to reports of someone yelling to call 911 followed by a report of gunfire.

Arriving officers found Chuyeshkov down inside the unit and reportedly suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. Witnesses reported a male fleeing from the scene. He was described as a black male, wearing all black clothing with a bicycle. Police were checking nearby nearby hospitals for the possibly injured suspect or possible additional victims but none were located. A person with a reported grazing bullet wound to the shoulder was also being treated at the scene, according to radio updates but SPD would not confirm those details. Seattle Fire says it is not aware of another person injured at the scene.

Residents say they had complained to property management about drug activity at the building. Continue reading →

Officials applaud vote distancing Seattle from ‘defund’ as a final step in SPD reform over biased policing

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Calling the movement “flat wrong, divisive and counterproductive,” Seattle City Councilmember Rob Saka is celebrating Tuesday’s vote approving a resolution shunning the city’s past efforts at diverting spending and resources from its police department and acknowledging the failure of the “defund movement.”

“As a black man, growing up in this country, an Air Force veteran, someone who has busted their hump and was able to overcome the foster care system and any number of life changes that we all face, it didn’t benefit me,” Saka said prior to Tuesday’s vote. “It didn’t benefit any of the communities I have been involved with.” Continue reading →

Man dies in shooting inside First Hill apartment building

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A man was shot and killed overnight inside a First Hill apartment.

The Seattle Police Department reports officers attempted CPR as Seattle Fire arrived at the scene inside a first floor unit of the Tuscany Apartments. SPD says the 40-year-old died at the scene.

According to East Precinct radio updates, police were called to the Seneca at Summit apartment building just before 1:45 AM to reports of someone yelling to call 911 followed by a report of gunfire.

Arriving officers found the man down inside the unit and suffering from a gunshot wound to the back.

Witnesses reported a male fleeing from the scene. He was described as a black male, wearing all black clothing with a bicycle. Continue reading →

Seeking connections and data trends, the new Capitol Hill Neighborhood Safety Coordinator is on the job

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SPD VIOLENT CRIME TRENDS — CAPITOL HILL: The Capitol Hill core has averaged about 29 violent crimes a month so far in 2025

SPD PROPERTY CRIME TRENDS — CAPITOL HILL: Property crimes like burglary and theft are a big problem. The area has averaged nearly 200 property crime reports per day in 2025 (Source: SPD Crime Dashboard)

Jen Carl

Since taking on the role of the new Capitol Hill Neighborhood Safety Coordinator with the GSBA chamber of commerce in February, Jen Carl has been conducting initial outreach with members of city departments, and taking a responsive approach by looking into safety issues the neighborhood is experiencing. But, her goal in this position is to uncover crime trends to build more proactive responses, and to strengthen relationships between the community and cops.

Carl is a Lesbian who grew up in Florida in the 1990s, having experienced bias. She went into the criminal legal field after the 2015 murder of Freddie Gray while in Baltimore police custody. She said the legal system is one of the most marginalizing systems in the U.S., and hopes to find ways to truly serve the neighborhood where it’s safe for the community and general public.

“Right now, it’s just a lot of data gathering: understanding where the gaps are in public safety, understanding that Capitol Hill is a very unique community,” Carl told CHS, who noted how Capitol Hill’s economy is driven by visitors and neighborhood-focused small businesses alike.

“Together, they create this wonderful [catalyst] of uniqueness, so understanding that unique vibrancy that Capitol Hill has and pairing that with the challenges that it’s seeing, and figuring out what the best strategies are to overcoming while maintaining the uniqueness.”

The new Capitol Hill Neighborhood Safety Coordinator comes as a response to growing concerns and impatience around street disorder and public drug use — especially in Pike/Pine and especially at the core area around Cal Anderson Park and Broadway and Pike. Continue reading →

Family calls on Congress to probe unsolved killing of teen at CHOP camp

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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)

The father of a 16-year-old shot and killed in a slaying inside the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest is calling on Congress to probe the city’s actions five years ago and the Seattle Police Department’s investigation into the shooting that left his son mortally wounded in a bullet-riddled jeep on 12th Ave in the midst of a chaotic, dangerous night in the protest camp.

Lawyers for Antonio Mays Sr. have called on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to hold a hearing on the deadly shooting that remains unsolved by Seattle Police. Continue reading →

The FBI is reportedly looking for duo who set a Tesla on fire on Capitol Hill

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You can buy anti-Elon bumper stickers like this from Jeff Bezos

The FBI has issued an alert to owners and a joint task force involving the bureau’s counterterrorism division and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles including an arson fire that damaged a 2022 Model S parked near the busy restaurants and bars of Capitol Hill’s 15th Ave E earlier this month.

“These incidents have involved arson, gunfire, and vandalism, including graffiti expressing grievances against those the perpetrators perceive to be racists, fascists, or political opponents,” the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center alert reads. “These criminal actions appear to have been conducted by lone offenders, and all known incidents occurred at night.” Continue reading →