MYNORTHWEST NEWS

Detectives investigating homicide in Yesler Terrace

Feb 10, 2024, 2:00 PM | Updated: 2:02 pm

football player killed...

(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

Seattle Police are investigating on Saturday after a man was found dead in Yesler Terrace neighborhood.

Shortly after 7:00 a.m., police got a call from a passerby that a man was down in an alley along the 300 block of 12th Avenue. Police arrived and found the man in his 50s with obvious head trauma.

Other crime: Ingraham High students arrested for trying to rob classmate at gunpoint

Officers secured the area until Homicide detectives and members of the Crime Scene Investigation Unit arrived.

The Homicide Unit will be leading the investigation. So far, no information regarding possible suspects.

Police are asking anyone who has surveillance video in the area or information regarding this investigation, to call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.

MyNorthwest News

Everett massage parlor...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Eight massage businesses in Everett were condemned for safety and illegal activity

Eight massage businesses in Everett have been condemned for safety hazards and operating illicit massage parlors, according to the Everett Police and Fire Departments.

4 minutes ago

General Motors Data Settlement...

Michael Strite

General Motors to pay $220 million over claims it sold drivers’ data for insurance use; WA to get $12.3 million

General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it sold drivers' location and driving behavior data to data brokers.

21 minutes ago

Federal Way teen killed...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Second driver arrested in crash that led to death of Federal Way teen standing on sidewalk

Two drivers have been charged with vehicular homicide in a crash that killed a 16-year-old student athlete who was standing on a nearby sidewalk.

1 hour ago

Rainier Valley bus shooting...

MyNorthwest Staff

Two men shot in Rainier Valley after altercation that began on Metro bus

Two men were taken to the hospital after a shooting in Seattle's Rainier Valley neighborhood Wednesday night. Seattle police say they responded to Rainier Avenue South and South Holden Street around 10 p.m.

4 hours ago

tuberculosis...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Jury awards $52.4M to inmates impacted by tuberculosis outbreak at WA prisons

On Wednesday, the King County Superior Court jury awarded nearly $54 million to those impacted by a tuberculosis outbreak at Washington state prisons.

5 hours ago

auburn cop fired...

Luke Duecy

Auburn police officer on leave after video appears to show repeated punches to suspect

Video appears to show an Auburn police officer straddling the man in the roadway while trying to handcuff him, then repeatedly striking him in the head and face. A review of the video appears to show about 20 punches.

6 hours ago

Detectives investigating homicide in Yesler Terrace