Seattle Officials Report Progress on Public Safety Measures Following Resident Concerns
In 2023, Seattle voters indicated that public safety was a priority. In response, city officials have taken steps over the past two years to address safety concerns for residents, visitors, and workers. The process is ongoing, but city leaders report progress in public safety measures.
Seattle Police Respond to Multiple Incidents Involving Weapons and Disturbances Across City
On December 5, 2025, Seattle police officers responded to several incidents across the city. In the East Precinct at S Bush Pl and Hiawatha Pl S, officers encountered a suspect armed with an axe and a large knife who was threatening bystanders. The suspect did not comply with commands. Officers used a less lethal...
Seattle is ‘getting a grip’ on nightlife violence, deputy city attorney says
SEATTLE — Three young people were killed and six others injured during a shootout at a hookah lounge on Rainier Avenue South early on a Sunday morning in August 2023. Seattle police recovered five guns at the scene but more than two years later, there have been no arrests.
Armed robbery and carjacking suspect arrested after multi agency pursuit in Kent
A 35-year-old Seattle man was arrested last week after police say he committed an armed robbery in Kent while fleeing in a vehicle taken during an armed carjacking in Seattle, according to the Kent Police Department. Kent officers were conducting routine patrols around 10 p.m. when Valley Com 911 broadcast...
Residents threaten to break lease after car break-ins at luxury Seattle apartment’s gated garage
Residents at Walton Lofts in Belltown are demanding answers after they say at least 10 cars were broken into inside the building's supposedly secure parking garage Dec. 4. The break-ins have sparked outrage among tenants who pay $275 per month for gated parking and were told the garage has no working security cameras.
Mayor-elect Wilson holds first transition meeting, stops short of endorsing SPD Chief
SEATTLE — Seattle’s Mayor-elect Katie Wilson held her first transition team meeting and also revealed that changes are coming to Seattle City Hall, with some department heads not being retained. That is nothing new and happens with new leadership. New King County Executive Girmay Zahilay already alerted long-term...
Federal judges hand down prison terms to 3 western WA drug traffickers
Three Seattle-area men were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences in October due to their convictions for drug trafficking and firearms violations. The longest sentence was given to 36-year-old Anthony Raymond Dodd, who received a 10-year sentence for his convictions of possession of fentanyl with intent to...
Driver who allegedly stabbed man in the neck while stopped in Seattle traffic charged
SEATTLE — A 44-year-old who allegedly stabbed a man in the neck with a boxcutter while stopped near Seventh Avenue and Madison Street in Seattle was charged with first-degree assault on Monday. Prosecutors asked the court to set bail for Vesper Keenstar Mikan at $500,000. They will be arraigned...
New orca calf spotted with K pod
SEATTLE — A new orca calf was spotted in Puget Sound on Tuesday afternoon, which is the first calf born into the K pod in over three years, according to the Orca Conservancy. Observers were viewing the Southern Resident Killer Whales, known as the K pod, traveling south when...
26-year-old woman dies after being struck by King County Sheriff’s Office vehicle
KING COUNTY, Wash. — An investigation is underway after a King County Sheriff's Office employee hit and killed a pedestrian early Tuesday morning, the Monroe Police Department reports. Monroe officers responded to the scene just after 6:30 a.m., where A 26-year-old woman had been struck by an unmarked King...
