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The Seattle Times Crime section covers law enforcement by police, prosecutors and courts in Seattle, the Eastside, King County, the Northwest and nationwide. Topics include arrests and prosecution of suspects in cases of murder, manslaughter, rape and assault. Other topics are the federal courts; the FBI; Homeland Security; and Justice Department oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

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Sammamish Police investigate a suspected murder/suicide involving three people Tuesday, January 15, 2019. 209037

January 15, 2019 at 3:34 pm

Three people found dead in Sammamish home, sheriff’s office says WATCH

The bodies were found after a relative from Oregon requested that the King County Sheriff's Office check on them.

January 15, 2019 at 5:55 am

Man who killed estranged wife in Snohomish area gets 26 years

The defendant previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed with a firearm, with a special finding that the crime "occurred within sight to sound...

Yakima police officers and detectives converse outside a home on the 1200 block of Cherry Avenue in Yakima, Wash. where the body of an adult man with a gunshot wound was found on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The death is being investigated as a homicide.

January 14, 2019 at 2:34 pm

Yakima County recorded in 2018 the highest homicide total in 38 years

While police either closed or made arrests in nearly 70 percent of the cases, officials are still trying to figure out why the numbers spiked...

January 14, 2019 at 2:29 pm

Police: Man fatally shot in Tacoma had pointed gun at motorcycle-club guards

A police spokeswoman says both guards fired after the man allegedly threatened to shoot the guards and refused to lower his gun. He died at...

January 14, 2019 at 12:11 pm

Cause of marina fire in Seattle’s Lakewood neighborhood a mystery

The fire, which broke out Sunday night on a large pleasure boat and quickly spread to a live-aboard boat and a smaller boat, caused an...

January 14, 2019 at 6:31 am

Man dies in Lynnwood crash; suspect driver tries to flee but is caught

A man was killed Sunday afternoon in a crash in Lynnwood.

Boat fire at Lakewood marina at 4400 Lake Washington Blvd. S. Sunday night, January 13, 2019.

January 13, 2019 at 9:55 pm

Fire breaks out at marina in Seattle’s Lakewood neighborhood

The fire began on one boat and quickly spread to at least two others.

January 13, 2019 at 4:36 pm

Lakewood man killed by police after calling 911 to report someone with a knife in his apartment. He was the man with the knife.

It appears a 911 caller provided a dispatcher with a description of himself, then lunged at responding officers with a knife. Three Lakewood police officers...

January 13, 2019 at 1:25 pm

1 man dead in early morning shooting at Tacoma club

Police say officers responding to the early Sunday shooting at an after-hours club found one man injured with a gunshot wound and another man dead...

January 12, 2019 at 10:57 am

Police find man fatally shot on Seattle’s Capitol Hill

Police found a man fatally shot in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood after they responded to 911 calls late Friday about gunfire near Broadway and Pike...

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