RAINIER BEACH – Police say a woman is fighting for her life after being hit by an SUV in the 9000 block of Rainier Avenue South earlier this afternoon.
It was about 3:20 p.m. when a woman driving a Hyundai SUV collided with an adult female pedestrian.
“The driver of the involved SUV is being evaluated for suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs,” wrote Seattle Police Department spokesman Jeff Kappel.
He said Seattle Fire Department medics transported the victim to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
The intersection at Rainier Avenue South and South Henderson Street remained closed as late as 5:30 p.m. this evening.
LAKEWOOD/SEWARD PARK – Seattle City Councilman Bruce Harrell says he and the command staff of Seattle Police Department will attend Monday’s public safety meeting in the Rainier Valley.
“Councilmember Harrell worked to get Chief Diaz, Assistant Chief Mike Sanford, South Precinct Captain Mike Nolan and Lt. John Hayes to be there for the meeting,” said legislative aide Vinh Tang in an email.
The meeting – held in response to several recent violent crimes in the area – is planned for Mon., Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Seward Park Community Clubhouse (4916 S. Angeline St). It is co-hosted by Lakewood Seward Park Community Club and the Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council.
There is also a “Take Back Our Streets” march and rally planned for the Othello area – a hotspot for violent crime in the Rainier Valley – this Fri., Feb. 3, starting at the New Holly Gathering Hall (7054 32nd Ave. S.) at 6 pm.
According to Seattle City Councilman and Public Safety Chairman Bruce Harrell, Seattle Police Chief John Diaz, will attend Monday’s public safety meeting.
OTHELLO – This week, in response to an increase in violent crime throughout the Rainier Valley, a local neighborhood group is planning a march and rally at Othello Station.
“The violence in our neighborhood continues,” wrote Nhan Thai in an email to the community. “From street robberies with guns to home invasions while people are at home.”
This month, two people have been killed and at least two others seriously injured in numerous unrelated shootings. There have also been stabbings, carjackings, armed robberies, assaults and home invasions.
The New Holly Pedestrian Safety Team is organizing the event this Fri., Feb. 3, starting at the New Holly Gathering Hall (7054 32nd Ave. S.) at 6 pm.
The event is planned for about an hour and will end at Othello Station.
“We are inviting other neighborhoods and organizations to join us in our effort,” said Thai. “No one person, group of neighbors, or organization can do this alone. This is the time to re-energize to make our streets safe for our families and neighbors.”
LAKEWOOD/SEWARD PARK – Next week, the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club, in partnership with the Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council, will host a Public Safety Meeting to address several recent violent crimes in the area, including a brutal robbery in which a man was stabbed numerous times.
Lakewood Seward Park Community Club president and longtime Rainier Valley neighbor Jeannie O’Brien said that South Precinct Captain Mike Nolan and other officers from the South Precinct are planning to attend.
She added that Seattle City Councilman and Public Safety Chairman Bruce Harrell, also a Seward Park neighbor, has been invited but is so far unconfirmed, as are Chief of Police John Diaz and his command staff.
“I would love to see Standing Room Only at this event,” said O’Brien. “We need to show how concerned we are about these recent events and the increase of all types of crime in the South End. This is a very disturbing and troubling trend that needs to stop.”
“We need to feel safe in our neighborhood,” she added. “We need to find out why this is happening, and figure out ways to work together to end it.”
The meeting is planned for Mon., Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Seward Park Community Clubhouse (4916 S. Angeline St).
Rainier Valley neighbors are hoping that Seattle City Councilman and Public Safety Chairman Bruce Harrell, also a Seward Park resident, will attend next week’s public safety meeting.
HILLMAN CITY – Seattle police are searching for two men who robbed a Hillman City couple and assaulted the husband early this morning.
Seattle Police Department spokesperson Renee Witt said it was 3:30 am Sunday when a woman heard a knock on the front door of her home in the 5800 block of Renton Avenue South:
She peeked out a window and asked who it was. The subject asked for Ricky. The victim told him to leave and called her husband who was at work.
Several minutes later, the victim heard noises at the back door. She went to look and observed two suspects huddled near the back door. One suspect pointed a handgun towards her… she immediately ran to the front of the house and called 911. At the same time, the victim’s husband arrived home.
The victim said she heard a commotion outside and saw her husband being chased by one of the suspects. She then heard a loud crash at the back door and was confronted by the other suspect who demanded money and drugs and was armed with a handgun.
Witt said the victim gave the first suspect – a tall, white, slender male in his 20’s, with a mustache – an undisclosed amount of cash and he fled the scene. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves.
Meanwhile, the victim’s husband was chased down and caught by the second suspect – an unknown race male, mid 20’s, shorter, wearing a hooded sweatshirt and bandanna over his face – near the corner of South Juneau and Renton Avenue South, where Witt said he was pistol-whipped and beaten.
He was subsequently transported to Harborview where he was treated for his injuries. According to Witt, detectives tried to interview him there but he was hostile and argumentative and refused to provide any information.
The suspects remain at-large.
RAINIER BEACH – Police say a 15-year old was critically injured Thursday when he and another man were shot shot near the intersection of Rainier Avenue South and South Fisher Place.
According to Seattle Police Department spokesman Jeff Kappel, the teenager was hit in the torso but managed to stumble into the adjacent gas station parking lot at Safeway, where he collapsed.
“SFD medics responded to the scene and transported the victim to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) with life-threatening injuries,” said Kappel. “Sometime later a second victim, a 29-year-old male, showed up at HMC with gunshot wounds to the back.”
A subsequent manhunt was unsuccessful and the suspects remain at large.
Photo/KOMO News (RVP news partner)
SEWARD PARK – A man was injured Tuesday afternoon when police say he was attacked while walking near 50th Avenue South and South Hudson Street in the Seward Park neighborhood of Southeast Seattle.
It was just before 2 pm when the 23-year old man was robbed and stabbed multiple times in the 4900 block of 50th Avenue South.
“The victim was thrown to the ground and the suspect stood over him, jabbing a kitchen knife at the victim while demanding his wallet,” wrote Seattle Police Department pokesman Jeff Kappel.
He said the victim sustained puncture and slash wounds to his face, neck and torso before pushing the suspect away.
The suspect fled on foot, but was ultimately arrested during a search of the area.
The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 22-year-old male suspect was booked into the King County Jail for Investigation of Robbery and Investigation of Assault.
RAINIER BEACH – Police are searching for a teenager they say assaulted and robbed a woman Monday morning in the 9200 block of Rainier Avenue South.
It was about 10:15 am when a witness watched three teenagers follow the 58-year old woman through the Safeway parking lot. One of the teens knocked her down and took her purse while the other two watched.
“During the attack, the victim struck her head on the pavement and sustained injuries to the left side of her face and cheek area,” wrote SPD spokesperson Renee Witt.
She added that the victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect – described as a black male teen, wearing a short black coat and blue jeans – fled the scene.
According to police, the subjects seen walking with the suspect remained at the scene. They were subsequently detained and transported to the South Precinct for further investigation, where they were ultimately released pending further investigation.
South Precinct officers and detectives are investigating an increase in street robberies in the area.
Anyone with information about this incident or who may know the identity or whereabouts of the suspect is asked to call 911.
SeattlePI.com:
SEATTLE – Police have identified three persons of interest in the beating of South Seattle hairdresser Danny Vega, who died in late November.
One of those persons of interest – a 22-year-old felon with a history of robbery – admitted to being one of the three people in a video released by police shortly after Vega’s death. They say he also identified the two others persons of interest.
Surveillance images show one of three young men discarding a jacket near where Vega was beaten. Vega had his house keys, cell phone and black jacket stolen during the Nov. 15 robbery in the 4000 block of South Willow Street.
The 22-year-old who allegedly identified himself “did not deny the incident, just says he can’t remember,” Detective Frank Clark wrote in a case document. Read more.
Seattle Police said Danny Vega (above) was attacked by three young men as he walked along the 4200 block of S. Othello Street at 7:45 p.m. November 15th.
RAINIER VALLEY – A local community group is working to take back Southeast Seattle streets after an increase in violent street robberies throughout the Rainier Valley light rail corridor.
The Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council (SSCPC) – in cooperation with the Seattle Police Department’s South Precinct – has already held two safety walks at area hot spots.
SPD has reported that each of the four Rainier Valley stations – Mount Baker, Columbia City, Othello and Rainier Beach – are attracting robbers who target victims that are distracted by phones or iPods.
“We are looking for community members who will volunteer to walk in groups for several blocks in each direction from the stations, looking for areas where safety improvements can be made,” said SSCPC President Pat Murakami. “Bring a flashlight, note pad and pen for taking notes about areas needing improvement.”
The next safety walk is planned for the Mt. Baker Station Area on Sun., Jan. 22, at 7:30 pm. The group will meet in the southeast corner of the QFC/RiteAid parking lot.
The following day, Mon., Jan. 23, at 7:30 pm, a safety walk is scheduled for the Rainier Beach Station Area. The group will meet in the parking lot at Quality Rentals.
Photo/Rainier Valley Post
MT. BAKER – Seattle police pulled a dead body from Lake Washington this morning.
It was about 8:45 a.m. when they say that a witness called 911 to report a body floating approximately six-feet from shore in the 2300 block of Lake Washington Blvd. S. near Mount Baker Beach.
“Patrol Officers and Harbor patrol arrived with Seattle Fire Department (SFD) and the body was brought to the shore,” said Seattle Police Department spokesperson Renee Witt in a blog post. “SFD did a preliminary check and determined that the victim, an adult male, was deceased.”
She added that the investigation is open and active.
Photo/Rainier Valley Post
RAINIER BEACH – A man was arrested Sunday after police say he robbed a woman at gunpoint in the 8100 block of Rainier Avenue South.
The woman left a South Rainier restaurant shortly after 8 pm and was confronted by the suspect who demanded her purse. When she refused, he pulled out a handgun and pointed it at her, said SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson in a blog post.
“At that point, the woman handed over her purse and the suspect fled on foot,” said Jamieson.
Apparently, when other patrons in the restaurant learned of the robbery, they followed the suspect while calling 911. South Precinct officers responded and the investigation began. Shortly thereafter, the suspect emerged, said Jamieson.
The victim was able to positively identify the suspect, and her purse was located. Officers also found a black handgun, which turned out to be a toy gun, in the area.
The suspect was booked into jail for Investigation of Robbery.
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