The suspect arrested in the September deadly shooting of Robert Fleeks at 10th and Pike has been charged with murder
The King County Prosecutor’s office has charged De’Andre Todd, 27, with murder in the second degree.
He has not yet entered a plea.
“In this case he shot the victim, who had just taken a bite of pizza, at close range multiple times in the head and neck,” prosecutors write. “The victim had not drawn a weapon and posed no threat to the defendant.” Continue reading
From SPD’s arrest report
The Seattle Police Department has used security video provided by nearby Pike/Pine businesses and apartment dwellers plus evidence collected through the city’s traffic camera system by the SPD Real-Time Crime Center to make an arrest in a September deadly shooting on Capitol Hill.
The 27-year-old suspect was taken into custody Monday afternoon in Burien after a foot chase and struggle, police said.
26-year-old Robert Fleeks was shot and killed on September 17th inside a gold Chevy Tahoe he was driving at 10th and Pike, one of two murders in the area in three weeks including an October slaying in front of the nearby Harvard QFC. CHS reported on the lack of updates on the cases Monday as police were making the arrest in the September case.
According to court documents, Fleeks was ambushed by his assailant and three accomplices as he sat in his car on 10th Ave the night of September 17th just minutes after the victim had purchased pizza nearby. Fleeks “still had pizza in his mouth as if he was eating when he was shot,” police say. Continue reading
A fundraiser is hoped to help raise money for Jameson’s headstone
This fundraiser helped raise money to support the family of Rober Fleeks
The Seattle Police Department continues to investigate two deadly shootings that took place within three weeks of each other on Capitol Hill this fall as families have called for justice.
18-year-oldĀ Jaydon JamesonĀ was killed and a second victim was shot in the leg in a shooting at Broadway and Pike the night of October 9th.
26-year-oldĀ Robert Fleeks was shot and killed a few blocks away on September 17th inside a gold Chevy Tahoe he was driving at 10th and Pike.
Police have released few details in either shooting but have asked the public for help in its investigations. Continue reading
Simmons
The shooting that killed 18-year-old Jaydon Jameson this month at Broadway and Pike has brought a new round of calls for increased public safety efforts in this area of Capitol Hill.
This weekend also brought the one-year anniversary of another Pike/Pine murder only blocks away that was also a time when local businesses, property owners, residents, and city officials had said enough is enough.
Sunday marked one year since 25-year-old Breanna Simmons was gunned down on 11th Ave in a murder that has not been publicly solved. The victim was shot multiple times in the chest and died in the street early that Saturday as Seattle Police and Seattle Fire rendered aid at the scene.
“Breanna was a dedicated mother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin, niece and friend. She loved having fun and spending time with her daughter. She liked to help others out. Breanna was predeceased by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins,” The Facts reported in her obituary. “She leaves to cherish many memories with her daughter, mom, dad, brothers, grandparents, cousin thatās like her sister, and a host of cousins, aunties, and uncles.”
CHS later learned that the Simmons murder had set off a chain of actions and promises by city officials over safety concerns in the Pike/Pine nightlife core. Continue reading
The 18-year-old shot in the chest and killed in this week’s deadly shooting at Broadway and Pike has been identified and a third victim hit in Thursday night’s chaos of gunfire has been reported after a male suffering from a grazing gunshot wound arrived at Harborview Saturday night.
Police are investigating the bloodshed including possible connections to the homicide last month a few blocks away at 10th and Pike that left a 26-year-old shot to death inside the vehicle he was driving.
Meanwhile, the neighborhood’s representative on the Seattle City Council says officials “owe our neighborhood more than statements or open letters” and has released a five-point plan for “meaningful public safety investments in Capitol Hill and First Hill.” Continue reading
SPD increased its presence outside Garfield following the June 2024 murder (Image: CHS)
The Seattle School Board has rejected a plan supported by Mayor Bruce Harrell and his police chief to return a uniformed Seattle Police Department officer to the Garfield High School campus citing concerns over disproportionate policing and the district’s failure to implement community recommendations in its proposal.
“I cannot vote yes on this package. The trust has been ruined,” board member Michelle Sarju said during the Wednesday night session. “You all have broken my trust over and over and over again.”
Wednesday night’s decision on a “a School Engagement Officer” at Garfield follows more than a year of debate over the proposal following the 2024 campus parking lot murder of studentĀ Amarr Murphy-Paine.
The return of an assigned campus police officer would roll back a Black Lives Matter-era reform. Previously known as community resource officers, the program was dropped by the district in the summer of 2020 during the height of Black Lives Matter protests against police killings when the school board suspended a partnership with SPD that provided five armed officers with rotations and placements across Seattleās public schools. Continue reading
From the CHS Facebook Group
One person was reported shot in the leg and two people were suffering from exposure to pepper spray in a late Sunday afternoon incident at Broadway and Harrison.
Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were called to the reported shooting just after 4 PM and responded to find a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, Two males at the scene were reportedly being treated for exposure to pepper spray, according to East Precinct radio updates. Continue reading
As police cordoned off the street, the vehicle the victim was found in remained in the middle of 10th Ave where the shooting took place (Image: CHS)
Thanks to a CHS reader for the photo
One man was reported shot in the neck and police were looking for multiple suspects who reportedly fled in a vehicle in a shooting Wednesday night at 10th and Pike.
According to East Precinct radio updates, police were called to the area around 9:30 PM where they found a seriously injured victim inside a gold Chevy Tahoe in the middle of 10th Ave.
Seattle Fire was called to the scene to treat the victim and take him to Harborview.
UPDATE: SPD reports the 26-year-old man was declared dead upon his arrival at the hospital.
Police were searching for three to four reported assailants last seen fleeing the area by car. Continue reading
East Precinct police responded to a rush of gun-related incidents Friday night including the pepper spray-soaked aftermath of an attempted armed carjacking at Melrose and Thomas.
The Seattle Police Department says officers were called to Melrose around 11 PM to a report of a fight involving armed assailants. 911 callers reported a fight involving guns and pepper spray at the scene but no shots fired.
Officers arrived after the suspects fled the scene.
SPD says witnesses reported multiple suspects pulled up in a car near where they were parked and two males armed with handguns “pulled the victims out of their vehicle, threatened them at gunpoint, stole items from them, attempted to carjack them.” During the altercation, the suspects hit the victims with pepper spray and fled the area after the unsuccessful car theft.
There were no additional injuries reported and no immediate arrests.
Meanwhile, police were also responding to Broadway and Pike where a suspect wasĀ threatening to shoot the security guards outside a business. Continue reading
23rd Ave’s Garfield High School will hold a forum Thursday night on the proposal to place a Seattle Police Department officer on campus as a school board vote on the proposal has been delayed.
Principal Tarance Hart announced the community forum with an “urgent” message to families earlier this week .
“The evening will include remarks from SPD and small-group discussions facilitated by trusted community partners,” the announcement reads. “These conversations will help guide how we approach safety, relationships, and support systems at Garfield moving forward.” Continue reading
