10:32 PM: We don’t know why yet – nothing obvious on police radio, and the helicopter’s arrival happened while we’d stepped away from the desk for a few minutes. We’re working on it. If you’re seeing a police response on the ground, let us know (comment, or text 206-293-6302).
10:45 PM: One other tidbit of information, there are no SFD responses for injury incidents in the area – while SPD calls are not consistently logged online, SFD calls are, so that much we can say. Those who’ve seen police on the ground say it’s focused in the EC Hughes and Navos vicinity and that Holden is blocked at 30th.
10:49 PM: Guardian One has departed, headed north and out of West Seattle. Eventually we’ll find out what this was about and will update when we do.
11:24 PM: No official word from police but tips and indications (plus the lack of monitorable radio traffic – we have listened back to everything archived and there was nothing, which suggests it’s on an encrypted channel) indicate this is a warrant operation.
11:38 PM: According to a tipster and to an incident number mentioned over police radio a few minutes ago, this is somehow related to a North Seattle shooting earlier in the week.
2:16 AM: CSI units have been to the investigation scene (which is reported to be on 28th SW) and just told dispatch they’re leaving now.
10:46 AM: SPD has just published confirmation of the warrant arrest and says that shooting now has claimed the victim’s life, so the suspect faces a murder charge. (So basically, Guardian One was there in case the suspect bolted during the warrant operation. And the “shots” people heard would have been “flashbang” noisemaking devices sometimes used during warrant operations, standoffs, etc.) We will track the case; the 28-year-old suspect is in King County Jail this morning, and will have a bail/probable-cause hearing either this afternoon or tomorrow.
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