SEATTLE — The George Washington Memorial Bridge in Seattle, also known as the Aurora Bridge, is closed in both directions after a "suspected transformer fire." The Seattle Police Department (SPD) posted about the bridge closure at 5:52 a.m. Tuesday. Police ask any drivers that utilize the bridge for their morning commute to find an alternate route.

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is investigating after a man was shot in East Queen Anne overnight. According to SPD, officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the East Queen Anne neighborhood around 11 p.m. One of the callers reported hearing someone yelling, “I’ve been shot!” and cars speeding away.

Three pedestrians were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after they were hit by a car in a crosswalk Friday afternoon, according to police.

The Seattle City Council approved Council Bill 120916 on Feb. 11, which permits the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to use less lethal weapons (LLWs) during certain crowd control cases. The

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes detailed his agenda in a wide-ranging interview with "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio.

The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance that allows Seattle police to use less lethal weapons during crowd management situations. The ordinance repealed a previous ordinance and section of the city code that banned police from using tear gas,

Past councils restricted the use of so-called less-lethal weapons following the department’s violent response to racial justice protests in May 2020.

SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department’s Traffic Collision Investigative Squad is asking the public for help in finding the suspect who hit and killed a person with their car earlier this month.

A 40-year-old man is under arrest suspected of sexually exploiting children in other states and another country.

Large amounts of fentanyl, meth, and a wad of cash. That’s what the Seattle Police Department says they found on a man this weekend in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.