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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.

Victims of Pioneer Square shooting identified

Seattle Police investigate the scene where three people were killed and one other critically wounded in a shooting in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle on Saturday, May 17, 2025. S. Washington St was blocked off between 2nd Ave S. and Occidental Ave. S.

A 19-year-old woman and two men in their 20s were killed outside a nightclub in Pioneer Square, according to the King County medical examiner's office.

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