911 | WSP plane’s ’96 in a 60′ pursuit over Capitol Hill, Jackson gunfire, Club Z death

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• WSP pursuit: “96 in a 60” is what a Washington State Patrol spokesperson tells CHS kicked off the long and winding aircraft pursuit of a driver who fled law enforcement on a chase through the streets of Capitol Hill Friday night. Residents irritated by the ongoing buzz of the state patrol’s low-flying Cessna 206H Stationair began tracking the airplane as it executed a series of seemingly endless loops above northwest Capitol Hill. “Our plane was following a pursuit. The suspect left the freeway and troopers backed off,” the WSP spokesperson said. Reports in the CHS Facebook Group describe the plane circling around 10:45 PM with a report of state troopers spotted searching on the ground near Harvard and Prospect where Seattle Police took over. One report had the suspect fleeing on foot, last seen southbound on Harvard and possibly disappearing into the wilds of the St. Mark’s Greenbelt. The spokesperson for the WSP says the suspect pursuit began as speed enforcement before the suspect fled northbound on I-5 and into the city where the driver fled on foot. It also turned out the search and those droning loops weren’t really necessary. “Troopers were able to confirm the driver is the registered owner and charges will be forwarded to the prosecutor,” the spokesperson said. There were no reported injuries. CHS has reported on the planes used by WSP in the past including the impressive surveillance capabilities of the fleet utilized during CHOP.
• Jackson gunfire: No victims were immediately located after gunfire near 22nd and Jackson Saturday night. Seattle Police were called to the area just before 7:30 PM to the reports of gunfire and a group fleeing the area on foot. Arriving officers found at least one parked vehicle damaged by the gunfire and shell casings in the street but no victims at the scene. No suspects or firearms were located. There were no reported arrests. The gunfire came amidst a wave of deadly gun violence incidents in the city. Overnight, a man was shot and killed, and three others were injured in a shooting at Denny and 4th Ave. Later in the night, a woman was shot and killed near 3rd and Blanchard.
• Club Z death: Medics were called to Pike’s bathhouse Club Z Friday morning to reports of a man suffering a medical condition at the sex club. Seattle Fire says its crews began life-saving measures in the just after 9;30 AM call but the man in his 60s was reported dead at the scene. The King County Medical Examiner will determine a cause.
• 19th/Cherry crash: A woman was injured Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle collision at 19th and Cherry where the city just deployed a new 4-way stop configuration. Seattle Fire says it treated two patients in the crash but only one required a trip to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The patients were in separate vehicles. The new stop signs have been added to Cherry to require east and westbound drivers to now stop at the intersection but no additional warning markers were used to alert people about the change. We’ll follow up with SDOT to learn more about the configuration and lack of warning signs or markers.
• Pizza smoke causes alarm: Callers worried about a building fire reported smoke billowing near 11th and Pike Wednesday but it turned out to only be the output of an ambitiously smoky wood-fired pizza oven operating at the corner. Seattle Fire says its crews were dispatched but quickly pulled back after the source was determined to be the “outdoor pizza oven.” It’s not clear if the pizza operation was related to an event at a nearby business or one of the proliferation of street vendors who operate in the neighborhood. There were no reported injuries.

  

• SPD reports building fire heroism: The Seattle Police Department is applauding a rookie officer for joining a veteran cop in helping rescue people from a fire last week in an historic E Madison apartment building. CHS reported here on the just after 5:15 AM fire Monday in the 1912-era Olympian Apartments in the 1600 block of E Madison. SPD says its two officers were first to see the flames from the fire and rushed in to help:
  On August 31st, just after 5:00 a.m., officers spotted flames coming from a second story apartment window in the 1600 block of East Madison Street. Officers broke the glass of the lobby door to enter, then ran up the stairs till they found the burning unit. Police kicked at the door, until the disoriented 28-year-old resident opened it. Officers evacuated the man from his burning, smokey unit, but not before asking if he had any pets that needed to be saved as well.
  SPD says multiple officers ended up responding in the minutes before Seattle Fire arrived to battle the apartment unit fire. According to SPD, the building’s fire alarm “was not sounded.” “Officers ran up flights of stairs, yelling for residents to leave and banging on their doors,” SPD reports. “When the rescue efforts became too dangerous, officers evacuated the building while the Seattle Fire Department prepared to begin fighting the flames.”
  CHS is following up to learn more about the situation and why the building’s fire alarm system did not alert residents. There were no reported serious injuries.

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