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Suspect in Summit Ave deadly shooting charged after US Marshals arrest in Portland

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The suspect in last month’s shooting death on Summit Ave was tracked down and taken into custody in a Portland motel room last week by the United States Marshals Service.

Prosecutors say the shooting stemmed from an argument in the street and dispute over a girlfriend and that the suspected killer has a record of gun and knife assaults including a recent threat of gun violence in a dispute over a parking space on Capitol Hill.

39-year-old Summit Ave resident Darren Davis has been charged with second degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in the Sunday, February 20th murder of Kalani Boward.

Boward, 31, was found down on the Summit Ave sidewalk suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and died after being taken to Harborview. It’s not clear from the court documents if Boward also lived in the area.

According to court documents, the search for Davis began after witnesses to the shooting recognized him as a resident in a week to week apartment building near the scene of the murder. Police say witness accounts describe Davis shooting Broward once in the chest and then continuing to shoot “multiple times as he lay defenseless on the ground.” Continue reading →

Analog Coffee: after a decade on Capitol Hill, still focused on Summit Ave

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After the pandemic, Hayden is ready for anything — even 25 more years on Summit Ave

With photos and reporting by Alex Garland

Ten years ago on Summit Ave, coffee slingers Danny Hanlon and Tim Hayden set out to bring new energy to Seattle’s cafe scene with a new joint on Capitol Hill and a simple, straightforward approach that was more about fostering the vibe of a favorite neighborhood bar than creating a caffeine corporation. They vowed a decade ago that Analog Coffee would be the only coffee shop they would ever open.

“When we started having those talks in 2008/2009, the Seattle coffee scene seemed like it needed some new blood,” Hayden told CHS this week when we came calling to wish the cafe congratulations on its decade on the Hill. “it was full of great coffee shops but most were roasters. There weren’t a lot of strong independent shops at that time. We really value that independent shop model, we weren’t interested in being roasters. We love interacting with people and creating a special spot in the neighborhood. We decided we would try to make our own version of our favorite shop through Analog.” Continue reading →

Why the man in the Capitol Hill ‘axe-wielding’ break-in isn’t in jail

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TV news reports are highlighting a June Capitol Hill apartment break-in as the latest example of Seattle’s soft approach to crime even as mental health evaluation required by state law determined that the suspect in the incident is not competent to stand trial and a mental health evaluation apparently deemed the man fit for release from King County Jail.

“A 46-year-old man was arrested for breaking into an occupied Capitol Hill apartment armed with an axe, a hatchet and a spiked glove was released from jail without charges Monday — after state case workers concluded he is incompetent and unable to defend himself in court,” KIRO reports. “A couple living in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is frustrated that a man who allegedly entered their apartment last month will not have a criminal case against him move forward,” KING added in its story on the break-in.

SPD detailed the June 16th arrest in a “significant incident report” posted here describing the apartment’s resident arming himself with a handgun during the break-in: Continue reading →

Insurrection in the Capitol: Huseman pleads not guilty in assaults on journalists, three more SPD cops investigated

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The Capitol Hill, Seattle man accused of assaulting and threatening media in Olympia the same day as the January 6th storming of the Capitol in Washington D.C. has pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him.

Meanwhile, three more Seattle Police officers are being investigated for their part in the day’s chaos at the U.S. Capitol.

Damon Huseman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Thurston County Superior Court.

CHS reported here on the pre-Inauguration Day arrest of the Summit Ave resident who had been charged with two counts of assault and a count of felony harassment in the days following the attempted storming of the Governor’s mansion in Olympia and was the subject of a search warrant and an “Extreme Risk Protection Order” barring Huseman from having access to firearms. Continue reading →