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• E Howell carjacking attempt: SPD says the suspects in an attempted overnight armed carjacking on Capitol Hill managed to speed away from law enforcement during multiple incidents early Wednesday morning. According to police, a masked suspect armed with a handgun attempted to hold up a driver parked on E Howell near Bellevue Ave early Wednesday around 1 AM. The victim told police the suspect pointed a handgun at him while and demanded his vehicle and items. According to police, the victim “declined” and the suspect fled with accomplices in a black SUV:
  The suspect attempted to pull the drivers side door handle of the vehicle to open the door, when the suspect realized that the door was locked he attempted to break the driver’s side window of XXXX vehicle with the firearm with one strike but was unsuccessful.
  The same vehicle had been reported about 15 minutes earlier speeding through downtown with four masked occupants and bags tied over its license plates. Officers searching the area after the attempted Capitol Hill hold-up located the SUV at 10th Ave E and Roanoke where SPD says the driver eluded police and sped away southbound on I-5. According to SPD, Washington State Patrol and King County Sheriff’s Office saw the vehicle near Tukwila but were not able to stop it. The description of the suspicious vehicle also matched details from an assault and burglary in Kent reported earlier that morning. There were no reported injuries and no arrests.
• Broadway crisis ‘gun’ arrest: Reports Tuesday night of a woman in crisis armed with a gun brought a large response as police determined the weapon was only a lighter. Police were called to the area of Capitol Hill Station at Broadway and John around 8:30 PM to the report from a security guard that a woman in crisis was armed with a pistol:
  Officers arrived and located the woman in the 1500 block of Broadway holding the item. They used team tactics and verbal deescalation to gain compliance before safely detaining her in this busy area. The woman is a known/often contacted crisis subject in East, and the item was a silver lighter made to replicate a handgun with a 4 inch barrel.
  SPD reports the woman was arrested for felony harassment “after making statements that she knew the item looked like a firearm.” There were no reported injuries.
  

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• Summit Ave investigation: SPD says it can’t provide more information about why its CSI unit was at Summit and Thomas early Tuesday morning. “This is an ongoing and active investigation that needed additional resources,” a SPD spokesperson replied to CHS’s inquiry about the investigation. We will update if we learn more.

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•  Freeway Park dog attack: The Seattle Police Department says officers had to shoot and kill a dog after an attack injured a pregnant woman Friday in Freeway Park. According to SPD’s report on the afternoon incident, the woman was meeting to talk with an ex-partner when the dog attack began. The woman as injured but able to escape and flag down nearby officers:
  As Officers were interviewing the victim, somehow the dog got away from the suspect and ran toward the victim. Officers attempted to give the dog verbal commands to stop but it bypassed everyone and got back to the victim and attempted to bite the victim further. Officers shot the dog to prevent it from further harming the victim.
  Police say the dog was taken to a veterinarian for emergency care but died. The woman was transported to the hospital for treatment. Police say the incident remains under investigation. Continue reading →

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• Cal Anderson pick-up robbery: Police were investigating after a pick-up basketball game on the court at Cal Anderson Park turned nasty Sunday when two players pulled guns on their opponents. According to the SPD brief on the 5:30 PM incident, two players told police they had finished a game and said they were done playing when their opponents strongly objected to the end of the night’s competition:
  The suspects reacted angrily and threatened to take their portable speaker, claiming they would shoot the victims if they did not comply. One suspect grabbed the speaker, prompting the victims to defend themselves, leading to a physical altercation with one of the suspects. At that point, one of the suspects pulled out a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at one of the victims, threatening to shoot. The victims, fearing for their safety, backed away. The second suspect then pulled out another handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the victims.
  Police say the suspects were last seen headed toward Broadway. There were no arrests and no reported injuries. Continue reading →

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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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• 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 →

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• World School threat arrest: A 60-year-old are resident was arrested Tuesday after a set of bizarre interactions around the World School campus on E Union. SPD says the suspect assaulted a school security guard and pointed a gun at a teen during the strange series of events. According to SPD’s report on the incident, police were called to the 17th and Union school just before 1 PM as the neighbor tried to enter the campus “The suspect was walking his two dogs when he approached the school and forcefully pushed past the security guard to speak with the principal,” SPD reports. Police say the apparently intoxicated suspect then walked to 16th and Pike and approached two teens sitting in a car. “The suspect, armed with a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, began yelling at the teens, telling them they can’t park on the street,” SPD says. “During the interaction, the suspect reached into the car, grabbed a 15-year-old by the neck while wielding the knife. He also pointed a gun at the teen.” SPD says officers recovered video evidence showing the suspect pushing his way into the school, and a photo of him holding the knife in his hand. Officers tracked the suspect to his nearby home where he claimed to have no firearms. After securing a search warrant, police say they found two guns inside the home. The man was arrested and booked into jail for investigation of burglary and felony harassment. Animal control was called to secure the dogs and take them to a shelter.
  

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• Harvard Market QFC fentanyl arrest: It won’t be the only arrest for smoking fentanyl in front of a Capitol Hill QFC this month but it hopefully will be only case involving a wanted felon found to be illegally carrying a handgun. SPD says it made the bust of the 27-year-old early Tuesday morning outside the QFC at Broadway and Pike. According to police, patrol officers saw a man smoking “narcotics with a pipe” in front of the grocery store and arrested the suspect without incident:
  While interviewing him, police recovered a loaded gun. When they asked him where he got the gun, he told them he “found it.” The suspect, recently released from prison, has previous convictions for multiple felonies including unlawful possession of firearms, theft of a motor vehicle, eluding, and unlawful possession of a motor vehicle. He is prohibited from carrying firearms.
  Police say the suspect was wanted on a $4,000 arrest warrant for fighting in public, issued by the Centralia Municipal Court. Officers booked the suspect into the King County Jail for narcotics possession and unlawful possession of a firearm. There were no reported injuries.

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• Chuck’s protest: Seattle Police’s Outreach Engagement Team responded to the Chuck’s Central District beer shop last Wednesday night after a protest targeted the Falafel Salam food truck in the E Union store’s lot:
  At 1630 hours, about 8 pro-Palestine individuals arrived at Chuck’s Hop Shop near 20 Ave/E Union St while the business was open. The protestors entered the business to verbally confront the owner. The owner demanded they leave but they initially refused, and he called 911. Officers and 242 (POET1) responded and spoke to a protestor liaison and the business owner. By the time officers arrived, all parties we separated, and the protestors were on the sidewalk engaged in verbal chants. POET established ground rules of no trespassing, property damage or assaults and the group agreed. POET met with the owner and explained SPD and POETs response. Continue reading →