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The day before police shot and killed a Queen Anne resident who opened fire on them, officers had been investigating the man for sending threatening texts to members of his family, according to the Seattle Police Department. Officers shot the man Saturday night, who was in a home In the 300 block of West Prospect Street, and later used a robot…

Corrected version   Neighbors of the man shot dead by Seattle police Saturday night on Queen Anne say they knew little about him because he had just moved in a few months ago. But one neighbor said he walked his dog regularly and another said he gave money to a neighbor child’s fundraising efforts for animal welfare. A third…

A man allegedly opened fire outside a Queen Anne apartment Wednesday night following a dispute with a neighbor, according to a Seattle Police blog post. The suspect was arrested after several officers arrived. Officers received a report around 9:30 PM that an argument between neighbors in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue North had spilled out onto the…

LYNDEN (AP) — A Seattle firefighter’s emergency medical license has been suspended as he awaits trial on three counts of rape of a child. The state Department of Health on Friday said 53-year-old Michael James Sulak’s license would be suspended for five years in connection with a “sexual misconduct” case involving a 15-year-old Lynden girl. More

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…