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Pierce County deputy shot during SWAT operation dies
March 16, 2022 at 4:02 pm Updated March 16, 2022 at 4:09 pm One of two Pierce County sheriff’s deputies who were shot and wounded Tuesday during a shootout with a suspect has died, the Sheriff’s Department said. Deputy Dominique “Dom” Calata, 35, died Wednesday afternoon at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Tacoma. Calata had been with the Sheriff’s Department for 6 1/2 years and was assigned to patrol with the Edgewood Police Department.
Victim of University District shooting on Sunday dies
A 35-year-old man who was shot Sunday night in Seattle’s University District has died, police said Wednesday. The shooting was reported about 8:20 p.m. in the 4700 block of 17th Avenue Northeast. Arriving officers found a man who said he “had just shot a man who attempted to attack him in a parking lot,” according to Seattle police. The victim was unresponsive and was taken to Harborview Medical Center. The suspect, 43, was arrested for investigation of assault.
‘Enough is enough’: Seattle business owners, neighbors rally against downtown crime, urge city to act
On the day after eight people were shot — one fatally — at Third Avenue and Pine Street, a worker at the Pirosky Pirosky bakery came in and quit. He had seen enough. “Here we’re trying to create jobs,” said Brian Amaya, head of the bakery’s operations.
Car crashes into building on Capitol Hill
Seattle police and fire units have responded to reports of a car crashing into a building at Boylston Avenue and East Pike Street. Firefighters are working to pull a female from a car, the department wrote in a tweet. East Pike Street is blocked in both directions between Harvard Avenue and Belmont Avenue, according to the Seattle Department of TRansportation. This post will be updated. Seattle Times staff John DeLeon
Driver arrested in hit-and-run death of Parkland grandmother
Dec. 9, 2019 at 1:31 pm A hit-and-run driver suspected in the death of a Parkland grandmother last weekend has been arrested, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. The 30-year-old man was taken into custody after his mother took him to an area hospital Sunday night seeking medical treatment for head injuries consistent with a car accident. “We developed information that put him at the scene,” sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
SeaTac man convicted of 1987 murders of Canadian couple after DNA evidence linked him to case
A SeaTac man linked to the homicides of a British Columbia couple in 1987 through DNA and genealogical technology was found guilty Friday of two counts of first-degree murder. A Snohomish County jury deliberated for about two days before finding William Earl Talbott II guilty of two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, and 20-year-old Jay Cook, according to The Herald of Everett. Cook and Van Cuylenborg set out for Seattle on an errand for her father on Nov.
Bremerton police release names of 2 officers wounded in deadly shootout
Bremerton police have identified the two officers who were wounded in a shootout with a man who was killed by return fire early Sunday morning. Officer Allan McComas was struck by gunfire in the waist and was released from a hospital on Sunday. McComas has been a police officer for five years, the last year and a half with the Bremerton Police Department, police said in a statement. Officer Kent Mayfield suffered two gunshot wounds to the abdomen and remains in the hospital.
Suspect’s father questions police account of Lynnwood boy’s death
The 19-year-old suspect from Texas has been booked into jail on investigation of first-degree murder. The father of a 19-year-old Texas man accused of killing his nephew in Lynnwood is questioning Snohomish County detectives’ account of the homicide. “My autistic son, who would never hurt a fly, has been sequestered since last night by the police. Apparently, they evoked a confession from him. He had no lawyer present. No family present,” Randy Henckel told the FOX-TV affiliate in San Antonio, Texas.
Police search for suspect after male shot during fight in Renton
A male has been shot in Renton during a fight with a second male, police said. The condition of the wounded male was not immediately known, but he was being taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, police said in a tweet. Police said the suspected shooter was gone by the time officers arrived at the scene near the 1100 block of Edmonds Avenue Northeast.
Police investigate reports of shooting in Puyallup
Police have responded to reports of an active shooter in Puyallup. The incident is in the 320 block of East Pioneer Avenue, the Tacoma News Tribune is reporting. People have been asked to avoid the area, the newspaper is reporting. Two elementary schools, Spinning and Stewart, are on lockdown, according to the Puyallup School District. This post will be updated.
Injuries reported after Metro bus collides with semi on I-5 in Seattle
Seattle firefighters are responding to a crash involving a Metro bus and a semi-truck on northbound Interstate 5 just north of Michigan Street. Firefighters are reporting injuries, although the number and the extent were not immediately clear. This post will be updated.
Hello, Dolly! HOV-lane violater busted despite lifelike ‘passenger’
The “passenger” was dolled up, but that didn’t stop a driver from getting ticketed Friday morning for driving in the HOV lane, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver was clocked at 81 mph in the HOV lane in the Tacoma area, according to a tweet by State Patrol Trooper Todd Bartolac. After a trooper pulled the driver over he discovered the passenger was actually a lifelike mannequin. “On the positive side they were both wearing their seat belts!” Bartolac tweeted.
Man sets fire to Seattle patrol car, several other vehicles
A man was arrested Monday night after he set fire to several cars, including a patrol car, Seattle police said. Officers responded to a call about a family disturbance just after 8:30 p.m. and saw the man pouring some type of liquid on a truck in the 2500 block of 24th Avenue West, police said. The man spotted the officers and lit the truck on fire. Police said the man poured more liquid on the fire, creating a large blaze that spread to three other vehicles, including a patrol car.
SPD Harbor Patrol rescues kayakers from wind-whipped Lake Union
Seattle police Harbor Patrol officers helped a group of kayakers who ran into trouble Sunday on the wind-whipped water of Lake Union. Officers Eric Salisbury and Tom Monroe pulled a man out of the water after his kayak overturned around 10:30 a.m. in South Lake Union, police said. The officers then learned a larger group of kayakers was having trouble navigating the waves whipped up by Sunday’s 40 mph winds.
Seattle police investigate shooting in Rainier Vista neighborhood
Seattle police are responding to reports of gunfire in the Rainier Vista neighborhood. Seattle police are responding to reports of gunfire in the Rainier Vista neighborhood There are no immediate reports of injuries, police said. Officers are searching for a black Mercedes-Benz with bullet damage. The shooting was reported at 29th Avenue South and South Adams Street.
Man accused of strangling woman in Bellevue charged with murder
A man accused of strangling his girlfriend in a vacant Bellevue apartment in February was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder-domestic violence, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Because of his criminal history, Justin Bacani could face a sentence of life in prison under the state’s “three srikes” law for persistent offenders if convicted, the prosecutor’s office said. His bail, which was set at $2 million on Tuesday, has been increased to $5 million.
Student assaulted at Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School
Seattle police arrested a previously expelled 16-year-old student who returned to his former school and assaulted a student Tuesday morning. The victim, 15, suffered cuts and bruises in the attack that happened just before 10 a.m. at Nathan Hale High School, police said. School security attempted to follow the former student, but lost sight of him as police were responding to the school.
Student arrested after theatening notes left at Seattle University
Seattle police have arrested a 26-year-old Seattle University student in connection with a series of threatening notes left on campus on Friday. Police evacuated three buildings on campus after students found threatening notes in restrooms. On Saturday, staff at Swedish Hospital’s Cherry Hill facility, which houses Seattle University’s medical training programs, called police after they found a similar threatening note in a women’s restroom, police said.
Seattle police release sketches of U District intruder
Seattle police have released three sketches of the man — or men — responsible for a series of sexual assaults and break-ins near the University of Washington. The break-ins and assaults have been reported at rooming houses north of campus, police said. In three of cases, women told police they awoke as a man was sexually assaulting them. Other victims told police they saw or heard a man walking through their homes between 2 and 6 a.m., according to Seattle police.
Man points gun at Seattle bank teller, orders her to call 911
Seattle police are trying to figure out why a man walked into a University District bank Thursday morning, pointed a handgun at a teller and ordered her to call 911. Police arrived at the bank in the 4100 block of University Way Northeast just after 9 a.m. and took the man into custody. Officers confiscated a handgun, which turned out to be a realistic looking Airsoft gun, police said.
Man fires gunshot, stashes handgun in drug store diaper aisle
A man who fired a gunshot on a West Seattle street was arrested Monday evening after stashing the handgun in the diaper aisle of a drug store, police said. Witnesses told police a man, accompanied by two women, fired a gunshot into the air around 5 p.m. near 12th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Roxbury Street. One of the women was pushing an infant in a stroller, police said. After firing the gunshot, the man ran to a Walgreens drug store several blocks away, according to police.
Woman knocked unconscious by egg thrown from pickup
Seattle police say a woman was knocked unconscious early Tuesday when she was hit with an egg thrown from a passing pickup. The woman and several friends were standing outside a bar near Northwest 85th Street and 15th Avenue Northwest when someone in the truck hurled several eggs at the group, according to police. One of the eggs struck the woman behind her ear, knocking her unconscious. Her friends caught her as she fell to the ground, and drove her to a hospital, police said.
Ex-boyfriend wanted in rape of Renton barrista
Police say a man raped his former girlfriend, a barrista, in a Renton espresso stand. Renton police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man suspected of sexually assaulting his former girlfriend in an espresso stand a week ago. The suspect, identified by police as Shad A. Johnson, 32, confronted the woman last Tuesday as she opened the stand. Johnson forced his way inside the stand and sexually assaulted the woman, according to police.
Man with dementia missing in Lynnwood
Authorities are searching for a missing Lynnwood man who suffers from dementia.... The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in the search for a missing 74-year-old man with dementia. John Cole was last seen Friday morning at a Safeway supermarket in the 19700 block of Highway 99 in Lynnwood. Sheriff’s detectives believe he may try to return to his home in the Logan Road and Damsen Road neighborhood, or possibly travel to the Renton area.
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