Seattle police find dozens of weapons in multiple incidents

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) seized at least two dozen weapons in two separate incidents, one on Friday and another early Sunday. Sunday’s incident was notable because it resulted in two people being shot and led the investigation to an apartment where a suspect was hiding and near which at least 20 weapons were stored.

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The SPD said it was investigating the incident after two people were shot in the Chinatown-International District shortly after midnight on Sunday. One man was arrested as a result of the shootings.

According to a post in Monday’s SPD Blotter, an officer found two men shot near 8th Avenue South and South King Street at 12:29 a.m. Sunday. SPD members took the victims to a safe location while additional police arrived.

Two men, one 37 and one 28 years old, were treated at the scene by the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) and taken to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, the fire department wrote in its online statement.

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Officers determined the shots came from the window of a nearby second-story apartment. SPD officers found the suspect hiding in the window and arrested him.

The 24-year-old suspect was hospitalized for a medical issue unrelated to the shooting. After his release, the suspect was booked into the King County Jail on two counts of first-degree assault.

A firearm was found near the window that faced a parking lot where the victims were believed to have been shot. Several firearms and firearm accessories were also found in the home and seized as evidence after a search warrant was served, the SPD Blotter post states. The SPD added a photo from the crime scene to its online post showing at least 25 weapons it seized at the scene.

The department concluded its statement by noting that additional charges could follow once detectives from the Gun Violence Reduction Unit complete their investigation.

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2 weapons, ammunition confiscated by police during arrest

SPD officers conducted an operation in downtown Seattle on Friday afternoon and arrested a suspect who was in possession of two firearms, ammunition and narcotics, SPD reported in a separate SPD blotter post on Monday.

On Friday at 2:44 p.m., officers were in the area of ​​3rd Avenue and Pike Street when they arrested a suspected drug dealer. A 26-year-old man was eventually arrested.

The agency’s online statement said numerous items of evidence were seized, including two semi-automatic handguns, ammunition, magazines and drugs.

The SPD post concluded by stating that the man was booked into the King County Jail on two counts of illegal possession of a firearm and a “violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (VUCSA) relating to the sale and delivery of narcotics.”

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