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911 | SPD reports two arrested during confrontation over Cal Anderson camp clearance

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  • Cal Anderson camp clearance arrests: Seattle Police made two arrests Thursday morning after a group reportedly would not leave an area of Cal Anderson where workers were clearing an encampment. According to the SPD report on the incident, police were confronted by a group of eleven as workers at the site were “conducting an Obstruction clean with the Seattle Parks Department” around 8:30 AM. “Officers made the decision to affect an arrest on one of the activists. Immediately the other activists jumped in to unarrest the subject,” the SPD brief reads. “This led to another arrest and a line was set up to keep the remainder of the activists back.” SPD says one of the arrested was identified and released while the other was booked into King County Jail. There were no reported injuries.
  • Madison Valley ripoff: Police say thieves used a stolen truck to rip the front doors off a Madison Valley business early Sunday morning doing $20,000 in damage and making off with stolen goods from inside the shop. According to SPD, police were called to the 3100 block E Madison business just before 5 AM after the store’s owner reported security video showing two suspects inside the store. Police arrived to find the store had been ripped open by the large asphalt construction truck reported stolen the week before in Issaquah but the suspects had already fled the scene. There were no arrests and no injuries.
  • Central District gunfire: SPD says it investigated gunfire early Sunday near 26th and Fir:
    At approximately 0023 hours, there were numerous reports of shots fired in the area of 26 Ave & E Fir St. Witnesses heard a vehicle speed off southbound afterward. Officers arrived and located 17 9mm FCC’s of two different brands (USA & CBC). There were no victims. Patrol processed the scene, spoke to witnesses and collected evidence.
 

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911 | Tree falls on 17th Ave, Volunteer Park Reservoir fire, Broadway Rite Aid break-in

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(Image: Charlie the Dog)

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  • Big tree down: A large tree rooted in rain-soaked soil toppled onto 17th Ave overnight blocking the street and ripping open a gas line. Seattle Fire was called to 17th and Denny around 2 AM to the three-foot wide downed tree after reports of a hissing sound and the smell of natural gas. Puget Sound Energy crews arrived at the scene just after 3 AM to lock down the broken line under conditions reported as still and very little wind. There were no reported injuries in the early Wednesday morning incident. 17th Ave was reported blocked and it wasn’t clear when SDOT would be out to cut away the fallen tree and branches to clear the area. UPDATE: A reader reports SDOT was on the scene this morning to remove the fallen tree.
  • Volunteer Park Reservoir fire: Seattle Fire and its specialized Energy Response Unit were dispatched to the Volunteer Park Reservoir Wednesday morning to a report of light smoke coming from an underground vault facility near the body of water. According to radio updates, responding crews reported what appeared to be burning debris within the gated Seattle Public Utilities facility just after 7 AM. It’s not clear what started the fire and how it was remedied in a response that was still underway hours later. SFD’s Energy Response Unit is a new team from the fire department and Seattle City Light launched earlier this year to fight electrical fires in substations and underground vaults. It is based at Capitol Hill’s Station 25.
  • Another Volunteer Park area fire: SFD was also on the scene an hour earlier on the west edge of the park along Federal Ave E where a caller reported a chemical toilet at a residential work site was on fire. Seattle Fire responded to deal with the blaze. There were no reported injuries. Seattle Police was also in the area at a nearby condo building responding to a reported crisis situation.
  • Pike/Belmont knife assault: SPD was called to the intersection of E Pike and Belmont after a woman suffered a reported knife wound in an altercation Monday afternoon. SPD and Seattle Fire responded to the area just after 4 PM to the reported stabbing and found a victim with a non-life threatening knife wound to the head:
    At 1609 hours, Officers were dispatched to an assault where the victim was stabbed in the head. The altercation started over an argument relating to pedestrian and scooter interference. A fight ensued between the victim and two suspects and while the victim was defending herself, she was stabbed in the head. The suspects fled the area. An area check was conducted while the victim was treated at the scene and later transported to the hospital. A possible suspect was located and during the investigation, multiple warrants were found. Unfortunately, the suspect could not be identified by the victim. The possible suspect was booked into SCORE jail on her warrants.  
  • Rite Aid burglary: Police were called to the recently shut down Broadway Rite Aid to a reported break-in Wednesday morning. Workers reported someone had busted into the shuttered store as they arrived to continue boxing up and clearing out remaining items around 9:30 AM. CHS reported here as bankruptcy woes over federal and state opioid lawsuits have led to the closure of the neighborhood’s remaining Bartell Drugs and Rite Aid stores. It was not immediately clear what if anything had been taken in the break-in. There were no reported arrests
 

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No injuries, no arrest after man opens fire near Pike and Minor

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Seattle Police recovered a firearm and at least at least one shell casing after a reported gunfire incident Tuesday night near Pike and Minor.

911 callers reported an altercation and gunfire around 7:40 PM on Minor Ave. According to East Precinct radio updates, arriving officers found two victims who reported being shot at but not hit by the gunfire. Seattle Fire was called to treat a patient at the scene for a reported injury.

Police were searching for the suspect who was reported leaving the area on foot. In addition to one shell casing, officers found a firearm dropped as the suspect left the scene.

There were no reported arrests.

 

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Possibly radioactive kitty litter prompts Capitol Hill hazmat response

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A bucket of possibly — but not very — radioactive kitty litter was the culprit in a hazardous material response Tuesday night outside a Capitol Hill apartment building.

Seattle Fire responded to the report of a suspicious bucket marked as containing hazardous material outside the E Harrison building around 6:15 PM. According to SFD, responding crew members were “investigating an unknown substance located in a small container/bucket.”

It took about 30 minutes but SFD was able to conduct tests and observations to determine the contents of the bucket were unlikely to be harmful. “HAZMAT crews determined the substance to be cat litter from a pet receiving radiation treatment,” SFD reported from the scene. Continue reading →

911 | Gunfire melee breaks out in Pike/Pine and Thanksgiving arsonist sets 14th Ave dumpster fires

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  • Pike/Pine gunfire melee: Add a bout of early Thanksgiving morning gunfire in the middle of Pike/Pine nightlife crowds to the outburst of recent area gun violence. Video of the incident has been widely shared on social media. According to police, the gunfire broke out as officer were arriving at 10th and Pike to clear a large disturbance involving around 100 people and a possible firearm. As police arrived, shots rangs out and people scattered. Police were able to identify the shooter and take the armed suspect into custody. Two suspect involved the dispute were arrested for malicious harassment. “Due to the volatile nature of the crowd, officers from the West Precinct arrived on scene to assist with scene with security,” SPD’s brief on the incident reads. Multiple gun violence incidents have been reported across the area in the past week including a man shot in the foot on Capitol Hill later Thanksgiving morning, a woman shot in the back inside an E Denny apartment building late Friday, a Monday night shootout at 21st and Union, and a rolling gunfight that left a vehicle flipped on its side at 23rd and Spruce Tuesday night.
  • Thanksgiving arson fires: Police say a suspect was caught on camera setting fires to multiple dumpsters in the area around 14th Ave and Pine on Thanksgiving. According to SPD, Seattle Fire was called to a blaze set in a dumpster outside the State Farm office on 14th Ave and found fires had also been set in multiple dumpsters in the area including one that SPD says “caused felony level damage to a nearby residential building.” The fires were quickly put out and there were no reported injuries. Police say surveillance cameras captured the suspect setting the fires but a search of the area for the arsonist was not successful. There were no reported arrests.
  • Central District apartment fire: Seattle Fire responded to a fire in a second story apartment at 23rd and Union’s Midtown Center development Wednesday afternoon. Crews were called to the building just before 2:30 PM. Seattle Fire said the fire was contained to the apartment unit and was brought under control by the sprinkler system. No injuries were reported.
 

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911 | Body recovered from Portage Bay, I-5 road rage shooting, Nue break-in

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  • Portage Bay body: Seattle Fire divers were called in Saturday to retrieve a body spotted in the waters of Portage Bay near Montlake’s Seattle Yacht Club. According to the Seattle Police brief on the Saturday morning incident, the victim appeared to have been in the water “for an extended time.” SPD says the Medical Examiner is investigating to determine the cause of death.

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911 | Matthew Antles murder investigation, SPD posts video of Pike/Pine eluding warrant arrest, person in crisis breaks into Broadway bank

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  • Antles murder investigation: There have been no updates or arrest announced in the Matthew Antles murder investigation. The homeless man who typically could be found camping in his hammock in Cal Anderson was found down by police outside Cornish College’s Kerry Hall on E Roy just off Broadway on October 5th. Police said they believed Antles had suffered self-inflicted stab wounds when he was initially hospitalized. It was later determined that he had been shot. Antles died of his injuries October 17th and SPD launched its homicide investigation. Police are looking for anybody with information about Antles and what happened to him the night he was found outside Kerry Hall. You can reach the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.
  • Broadway bank break-in: A person suffering an apparent mental health or drug crisis busted through the glass and entered the US Bank at Broadway and E Olive Way Saturday night. Police were called around 10:30 PM by a worker inside the bank who said that someone had busted through glass to enter the building. According to East Precinct radio updates, police were able to quickly contact the person and call for a ambulance to come to the scene to provide treatment and transport for observation. There were no reported serious injuries and no arrests. Continue reading →

Sprinkler system knocks out Capitol Hill apartment building fire, Seattle Fire investigating — UPDATE

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Seattle Fire investigators were trying to determine how a fire started Tuesday night on an upper floor of a new Capitol Hill apartment building.

SFD responded to the blaze just after 5 PM Tuesday in the 600 E Howell Clay Apartments that rose on the site of the former Redwood bar but reported that the seven-story building’s automatic safety systems had put the fire out. There were no reported injuries.

The Fire Marshal was called to the scene to investigate. Limited damage was reported.

UPDATE: SFD reports the fire was determined to have been intentionally set. Seattle Police is now investigating. Damage was limited to about $5,000, SFD reports.

 

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Seattle Fire rescues injured worker after fall on roof at Garfield High

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A capture from a video of the rescue (Image: James E. Lynch, III)

Seattle Fire rescued an injured school maintenance worker from the roof of 23rd Ave’s Garfield High School Thursday afternoon.

According to Seattle Fire and radio updates, the call began around 3 PM after the worker was reported to have hit her head in a fall and was unable to navigate her way off the top of the three-floor school.

Multiple Seattle Fire units responded including aerial rigs part of the department’s “rope rescue” response. Around 3:20 PM, SFD reported the patient was being lifted down off the roof using a stokes basket on the east side of the school near the football field.

Seattle Fire said the woman was is in stable condition and was transported to a hospital for further care.

The scene was being cleared including multiple Seattle Fire vehicles as school let out for the day.

 

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911 | Weekend emergency responses include overdoses, driver vs. pedestrian crashes

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  • Saturday night overdoses: Multiple reported overdoses kept first responders busy Saturday night including a double overdose in the Central District and a woman reported in critical condition after a reported overdose on First Hill. In the First Hill incident, a woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition after suffering a reported overdose inside a First Hill apartment unit. Seattle Fire and Seattle Police were called to the 1100 block University building 11:30 PM Saturday night to the reported overdose as 911 was guiding CPR at the location. Seattle Fire took over and transported the approximately 35-year-old woman to Harborview. Earlier that night, Seattle Fire was called to the 400 block of 21st Ave to a reported double overdose involving a man and a woman in their 30s. SFD arrived to find one patient unconscious. Naloxone was administered to reverse the suspect opioid overdose and the medical situation was quickly downgraded as both patients were reported to be recovering. The man and woman were transported to Harborview in stable condition, according to Seattle Fire. Continue reading →