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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)
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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 was 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
A fight at an E Pike bar ended in a melee leaving one man shot and hospitalized and another on the run early Thursday.
Seattle Police report they are looking for the suspect in the just after midnight shooting that left a 29-year-old with gunshot wounds to his abdomen.
According to SPD and East Precinct radio updates, police were called to reported gunfire at E Pike’s Cha Cha Lounge and found a huge crowd filing out of the E Pike basement bar. Minutes later, a victim with two gunshot wounds to the abdomen was reported several blocks away near Boren and Pike on First Hill.
UPDATE: Cha Cha owner Jeff Ofelt says his management is still working out details of what happened in the shooting but says the gunfire did not happen inside the bar.
UPDATE x2: According to police, a witness reported the suspect was removed from the bar, and retrieved a gun from a nearby vehicle where the assault continued along E Pike.
Seattle Police were searching for a shooter in a tuxedo making his escape on a Lime rental scooter after gunfire Thursday afternoon near Freeway Park.
The James Bond-like scene was a serious deal. Police found multiple shell casings strewn across streets in the area. A check for victims around First Hill and at nearby Harborview fortunately turned up empty.
SPD says its officers were called to the area of Hubbell Place and University around 2:15 PM Thursday to reports of gunfire. Witnesses reported a shooter described as a white male in his early 30s, around 5’11” and thin with short blond hair, wearing a full tuxedo suit down to the black oxfords, and riding a rental electric scooter. It wasn’t clear who, if anybody, he was firing at. He was last reported headed south.
Police searched the area but found only the spent shell casings in the street. There were no arrests.
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Flowers left last June after Amarr Murphy-Paine was shot and killed during a lunchtime altercation in the Garfield parking lot (Image: Converge Media with permission to CHS)
Results from a survey of students about campus safety conducted last fall
Many at Garfield High School won’t be wearing purple and white this Friday as they put on orange shirts for National Gun Violence Awareness Day and hold a remembrance of a fallen friend.
Wednesday night, some will call on the Seattle School Board to support a plan to opening the way for Seattle Police officers to again be assigned to the 23rd Ave campus where gun violence has taken a terrible toll.
Friday’s planned student walkout at the largest public high school serving Capitol Hill and the Central District will include a celebration of life for Amarr Murphy-Paine, the 17-year-old shot and killed while trying to break up a fight in the school’s parking lot a year ago to the day of the planned remembrance. The victim’s father Arron Murphy-Paine is scheduled to speak during Friday’s event. The 17-year-old’s family has sued the district alleging officials were negligent in their security practices at Garfield.
There have been no arrests in the June 2024 case.
The anniversary of Murphy-Paine’s killing comes as Seattle’s public school system is considering rolling back a five-year-old reform that removed uniformed police officers assigned to the city’s campuses. Continue reading
Police say a man was shot and taken to the hospital in an altercation early Saturday at 24th and Union.
SPD reports the 24-year-old was shot around 2:30 AM and taken to Harborview by a private vehicle:
Police determined that while the victim and friends were standing near the street, they were approached by a group of men and a fight broke out. During the altercation, one of the suspects shot at the group and struck the victim. The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle, and police did not locate them.
Police located evidence of the shooting and blood at 24th and Union and have asked anybody with information to call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.
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Lewis’s family addressing the court (Image: Jordan Somers / Converge Media with permission to CHS)
With reporting by Jordan Somers / Converge Media
The man convicted of killing community leader and entrepreneur Elijah Lewis and injuring Lewis’s 9-year-old nephew in an April 2023 electric scooter road rage shooting on Capitol Hill was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday.
Patrick Cooney, now 37, received a 25-year sentence from Judge Sean O’Donnell plus another decade for the use of the firearm in the crimes. A combative Cooney refused to sign the judgement as he was led from the courtroom and returned to jail where he has been held since his arrest two years ago.
His legal team had argued that Cooney’s actions were self defense despite a history of road rage run-ins involving scooters, cars, and guns.
Friday, Lewis’s family could find no sympathy for the defendant after the proceedings but hoped their loved one will remain an inspiration.
“Follow in Elijah’s footsteps. Be what he wanted you to be,” the victim’s sister Q Dunham said after the hearing. “Whatever your passion was, he would want you to follow your passion like it was the only option. There is no plan B.” Continue reading
Images of the memorial for Salvador “Junior” Granillo
A memorial of flowers and chalk messages for Salvador “Junior” Granillo grew this week in front of Garfield High School.
His death comes as school officials this week said the city’s campuses have new protections against gun violence that are ramping up as summer approaches.
In front of the 23rd Ave high school, some students drew to say goodbye to their friend. Others drew messages against gun violence. Each of the messages was an expression of love and grief for a classmate lost in the prime of his young life.
CHS reported here on the weekend shooting that took the life of Granillo outside a party in Yakima early Sunday morning. The Garfield senior was 18.
A 21-year-old was tracked down and arrested later Sunday afternoon and is being held for investigation of second degree murder. As they prepare charges, prosecutors have revealed new details of the fight that led to the shooting as a scuffle quickly escalated with deadly consequences.
A memorial fund has been set up to aid the victim’s family:
Our community has recently suffered the unimaginable loss of our beloved student, friend, brother, son, nephew, uncle, and grandson. His friends, teachers, and family describe him as an extraordinary soul who was extremely kind, upbeat, compassionate, and made things happen. He was an active member of Razas Unidas, a manager of the Garfield gymnasium, an opioid awareness ambassador, a business entrepreneur, and a senior in the class of 2025 just months shy of graduation.
Gun violence has taken a painful toll on Garfield’s class of 2025.
Last June, 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine was shot and killed during a lunchtime altercation in the school’s parking lot. Murphy-Paine’s killer remains at large. Continue reading
