Body Found at the Scene of South Park House Fire

Posted Feb. 2 at 3:00 pm by Vernal Coleman

Medical examiners haven't identified the body found inside the blaze.

​Last night, investigators from the Seattle Fire Department made a grisly discovery at the scene of a house fire in South Park. The SFD says that around 8:20 p.m., a neighbor walking her dog spotted smoke and flames shooting out of a garage located at 503 S. Trenton Street.

The family inside the attached home was immediately alerted as the flames began to spread to the attic, and all escaped without injury. But after a crew of more than 50 firefighters finally brought the blaze under control, fire-department officials found human remains in the garage where the blaze evidently began.

The as-yet-unidentified body is currently in the care of the King County Medical Examiner's Office. There's obviously more to this story. We'll have the info as it comes.

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Suspect Arrested in Fatal Federal Way Shooting

Posted Jan. 19 at 10:03 am by Vernal Coleman

Police say multiple witnesses have identified Edgar Sanchez as the shooter

​UPDATE: Federal Way police have identified the shooter. Details after the jump.

Issaquah police have made an arrest in connection to Sunday's double shooting in Federal Way.

The name of the 21-year-old man arrested today at a downtown Issaquah apartment complex has not been released, but he may be one of the three suspects investigators have been on the lookout for since the weekend, when police responding to a call for service early Sunday morning found two men shot at the site of a large house party.

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Northgate Home Invasion Robbery Ends With Seattle's First Two Homicides of 2010

Posted Jan. 14 at 2:09 pm by Caleb Hannan

The two victims represent the first homicides of the new year.

​UPDATE: Police have a sketch of one of the suspects. Picture after the jump.

Two 20-year-old men died at Harborview this morning from gunshots suffered during a home invasion robbery last night at their Northgate home.

Police say that three black males wearing all black clothing fled the town house shortly after 11 p.m. At least one, they say, was armed with a handgun.

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Chalk Outlines: Daniel Hicks Wanted in Connection With Shooting Deaths of Mother and Infant Daughter

Posted Dec. 29, 2009 at 10:17 am by Caleb Hannan

Police say Daniel Hicks was well acquainted with the 28-year-old victim and her infant daughter.

​UPDATE: Hicks was arrested yesterday in California. Details after the jump.

A woman checking up on her daughter and granddaughter found both shot to death yesterday in their Beacon Hill home. Now police are calling 29-year-old Daniel Hicks a "person of interest" in the two murders.

Police say that Hicks is well acquainted with the 28-year-old woman and her 13-week-old daughter. But they won't specify the nature of their relationship.

Hicks doesn't have a long rap sheet. In December of 2001 he was arrested at 5th and Pike for breaking a motorist's window and kicking a dent in her door. Hicks claimed the woman had hit him with her car. He eventually reached an agreement to attend anger management classes in exchange for a lighter sentence.

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Yet Another Murder in Leschi Caps an Annus Horribilis for the Tony Neighborhood

Posted Dec. 22, 2009 at 12:19 pm by Nina Shapiro

The Leschi street where Aaron Sullivan was killed

​With its waterfront views and charming craftsmen homes, Leschi is generally considered a pretty tony address—the "gold coast" of the Central District, if you will. So residents must be wondering what in the world is going on there this year, which has proved to be the neighborhood's annus horribilis.

A string of traumatic crimes has hit Leschi, the latest of which was revealed yesterday when King County prosecutors filed a murder charge against a 53-year-old man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in their Leschi apartment.

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Chalk Outlines: Tyrese Harrison Identified as Suspect In the Murder of Local Rapper Max "AKshun" Gasoi

Posted Dec. 14, 2009 at 4:00 pm by Vernal Coleman

AKshun the Don may have been killed during a drug deal gone bad

​Seattle police have identified the chief suspect in the shooting murder of local aspiring emcee, Max Gasoi.

His name is Tyrese Brandele Harrison. He's 22, currently a fugitive and is considered armed and dangerous.

According to court documents, he's alleged to have murdered Gasoi in what may have been a drug deal gone wrong.

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Chalk Outlines: Eric Murillo, Driver Who Ran Over a Downed Pedestrian, Now Charged With Vehicular Homicide

Posted Dec. 10, 2009 at 1:20 pm by Vernal Coleman

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Eric Murillo, walking argument for teetotalism, has been charged with vehicular homicide by King County prosecutors following an eventful weekend where he ran down pedestrian at a crosswalk.

Acccording to court documents, it was just after 2 a.m. on Sunday morning and Murillo, 23, and his drinking buddy were driving through Belltown, yelling at pedestrians as they went. Murillo stopped his Honda Accord at the intersection of Bell and Western as Jerome Dumalo began walking across the street. The two exchanged words, after which Murillo pulled forward and struck the man.

And then instead of doing the neighborly thing and attending to Dumalo's injuries, Murillo allegedly proceeded to run the thirty-year-old over, all while his wife and friend watched nearby.

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Reader: Murdered Rapper Played the Part of Gangster, Didn't Live It

Posted Dec. 1, 2009 at 5:45 am by Caleb Hannan

Max's friend says this pose was mostly an act.

​Reader An old friend responds to Chalk Outlines: Local Rapper Max "AKshun" Gasoi Identified As The Victim In Weekend Shooting. He says what's been reported about Max doesn't line up with the friend he knew.

"It's weird to read about people you know in the news. The media turn them into strangers.

I knew Max all his life. I even babysat for him when he was little. Just a few things that may help put his life in better perspective: To people who knew him, he was Max, not "AKshun the Don," which was just a stage name or fantasy alias. It's true that he was born in New York City just 21 years ago, but he had been a Seattle resident since age 2, and he went through the local school system. And while he lived for many years with his family in the Central District, most recently his home was in North Seattle with his partner and his baby girl.

Max was loved, and he will be missed. And that's the truth."

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Chalk Outlines: Local Rapper Max "AKshun" Gasoi Identified As the Victim in Weekend Shooting

Posted Nov. 30, 2009 at 3:30 pm by Vernal Coleman

Max Gasoi AKA: AKshun Tha Don

​It's been a bloody few days by the Puget Sound. Four police officers shot in Lakewood Sunday morning. And on Friday night, police responding to calls at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Columbia found a man suffering from a bullet wound in the street near St. James Cathedral.

Now the Seattle Times is reporting that the victim, who died at the scene, was local rapper and hip-hop promoter Max Gasoi—perhaps better known by his stage name "AKshun Tha Don," member of the Get Money Click and owner of So Hood Records.

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Chalk Outlines: Double Stabbing at Burien Bar Leaves One Victim Dead

Posted Nov. 12, 2009 at 12:02 pm by Vernal Coleman

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​It's a deadly, if familiar, progression of events: drinking leads to a confrontation, the confrontation leads to fisticuffs and fisticuffs to tragedy not limited to but including murder.

Based on initial reports, that's what went down last night at Goodtime Ernies Sports Bar and Grill in Burien. The fight broke out around last call and continued as several of the combatants spilled out into the street. What prompted it is at this early point unknown, but when police arrived they found a 25-year-old man suffering from a stab wound that eventually killed him.

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Ex-Wife's Boyfriend Suspected in Disappearance of Mark Stover, Dog Trainer to the Stars

Posted Nov. 12, 2009 at 9:15 am by Caleb Hannan

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Dog trainer to the stars Mark Stover is missing and presumed dead.

​Mark Stover built a name for himself in the dog-training world with his alpha-male attitude and ability to turn bad dogs good. Stover's reputation was nearly as impressive as his client list, which included Eddie Vedder, SW contributor Krist Novoselic, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Ichiro Suzuki.

On October 29th, Skagit Island police called to Stover's home found his dog, Dingo, bleeding from gunshot wounds and a bathroom that smelled suspiciously of bleach. Hours later Stover's station wagon was found ditched at a local casino with bloody fingerprint smears on the interior.

Linda Opdycke, Stover's ex-wife, called police to her house when she found out about her ex-husband's disappearance. She claimed to have nothing to do with it. But when authorities left her boyfriend was in handcuffs, soon to be charged with Stover's murder.

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Tualatin, Oregon Shooting Leaves Two Dead, Two Wounded

Posted Nov. 10, 2009 at 4:34 pm by Caleb Hannan

A man armed with a rifle opened fire at a drug testing lab in Tualatin, a suburb of Portland, around 11 AM this morning. According to KGW, two people were injured and the suspect was one of two found dead at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Neither the identity of the shooter nor the victim has been released. But the Oregonian reports that the woman killed was in a relationship with the shooter. And that the other victims, like the casualty, were employees at the clinic.

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Everett Officer Troy Meade Charged After Shooting Drunk Driver Seven Times

Posted Oct. 27, 2009 at 10:59 pm by Caleb Hannan

Niles Meservey was shot seven times in the back.

​UPDATE: Meade's lawyer says he had no choice but to shoot Meservey seven times. Details after the jump...

41-year-old Everett cop Troy Meade is now the holder of a particularly dubious record: The first Snohomish County police officer to be charged for a shooting in the line of duty.

On the night of June 10th, Niles Meservey, 51, of Stanwood was drinking at the Chuckwagon Inn. Others in the bar tried to stop him from driving home drunk. When Meservey ignored their pleas they called 911.

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Oregon Fisherman Accused of Murdering Buddy, Dumping Body

Posted Oct. 21, 2009 at 4:29 pm by Caleb Hannan

Erin Rieman

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UPDATE: Newly released court documents give a brutal play-by-play. After the jump...

It's safe to say that if Erin Rieman ever asks you out on his boat, you're obligated to at least think twice. The Pacific City, Oregon man was arrested yesterday and charged with the murder of his friend and business partner, 53-year-old John Adkins. Adkins had been missing since July 4th weekend, when he, Rieman and a third man set off from Garibaldi, Oregon in The Tiger, the 48-foot fishing boat they co-owned.

Investigators say the point of the trip was to fix the boat in Ilwaco Harbor, just on the other side of the Oregon-Washington border. When The Tiger came back to port, however, Adkins was no longer on board. Adkins' family reported him missing three days later, but no body has been found. The key to arresting Rieman, says Pacific County prosecutor David Burke, was the third, yet identified, man on the boat.

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Former Seahawks Player Arrested for Louisiana Murder

Posted Oct. 26, 2009 at 9:35 am by Caleb Hannan

Terreal Michael Bierria

​UPDATE: Bierria had quit football to help rescue family members from Hurricane Katrina. More details after the jump...

Former Seahawks player Terreal Michael Bierria, 29, has been arrested on one count of first degree murder after a violent struggle in a New Orleans suburb left one man dead. St. Tammany's parish deputies in Slidell booked Bierria after he placed himself at the apartment where authorities found 29-year-old Soron Salter dead.

When they arrived on the scene deputies found the front door partially opened with blood smeared on it and Salter on the floor behind the door. Investigators say Salter had wounds that indicated a violent struggle. Witnesses told police that a gray Cadillac had been parked at the scene until just a few minutes before they arrived.

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