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A pedestrian was seriously injured when he was hit by a car in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood this evening, according to the Seattle Fire Department. A 65-year-old man was hit near Sixth Avenue West and West Nickerson Street, SFD said. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition. Seattle police are investigating the incident.

A suspected burglar fled from a commercial building in Queen Anne Square after he was discovered by a cleaning crew early this morning. Despite a search for the suspect with a K-9 unit, the suspect remains at large, according to Seattle police. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the man broke a window to gain access to…

A 35-year-old man who fell 50 feet off a building near Seattle Center this morning has died. The man, reportedly an iron worker, was on scaffolding at a building at 101 Taylor Ave. N. when he fell, according to Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center though he was unconscious and had no…

A 24-year-old woman is being held in King County Jail after allegedly running over her husband during a fight that started at an office holiday party on Queen Anne on Saturday, according to Seattle police. The couple decided to leave the party when they began to argue but continued fighting while at their car, which was…

Beth Gunn’s bicycle was stolen recently while she was on vacation. That put her in a real pickle because the bike was the only set of wheels she had to get to work from her Queen Anne apartment. Gunn got her bike back, but in a most unusual way. She spotted it strapped to the front of…

Seattle police are investigating an attempted abduction of two children from an after-school program at a Queen Anne elementary school. According to police, the suspect approached a staff member at the program housed at Coe Elementary, in the 2400 block of Seventh Avenue West, at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Thursday and said he was there to…

A woman spotted inside a house in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood in a daytime break-in may need to practice her cat-burglar skills. Police say that when she was spotted by the returning homeowner, the intruder jumped from an upstairs window — right into the handcuffs of a patrol officer. Detective Jeff Kappel says police had responded Sunday…

CORRECTED VERSION A 20-year-old woman was shot in the chest in a drive-by shooting in Kerry Park early Friday morning. Police said she does not appear to have life-threatening injuries. Seattle police are reporting that officers investigating a small fire in the area about 2 a.m. were approached by a woman who told them her friend had just…

Human remains were found this morning in Seattle as parks employees cleared blackberry bushes from an eastern slope of the Queen Anne neighborhood. Police say Seattle Parks employees were working on a steep hillside in the 600 block of Galer Street when they found the remains at about 11:40 a.m. The workers told detectives it looked…

There is not points to locate on the map A vacant house in the Queen Anne neighborhood was destroyed in a fire this morning. Seattle firefighters were called to the home at 303 Ward St. at 12:26 a.m. on reports of the blaze, said department spokeswoman Lt. Sue Stangl. The house was packed with items, so the fire…