53 Arrested, 68 Guns, Meth & Heroin Seized In 3-Month Police Operation

BREAKING: A three-month operation involving federal, state and local law enforcement officers – “Center of Attention” – has resulted in the arrests of 53 violent repeat offenders in White Center... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Could This Bullet Hole Be The Result Of Tuesday’s Wah Long Incident?

Out and about walking through Burien today, and we dropped in to say hi to our friend Johnny Basco at Karuna Arts Yoga/The Tag Zone, located at 819 SW 152nd. While catching up on the local yoga and Nerf... [Read more]

Hoax Gun Threats Put Two White Center Schools Into Lockdown Tuesday

A series of hoax telephone calls to the King County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 center about a gun “seen in the school” put both White Center’s Evergreen High School and the adjacent... [Read more]

LETTER: Gregory Heights Resident Concerned About Gunshots

On Sunday morning, July 11th, at 2:20AM 6 gunshots were fired in the area of Gregory Heights elementary. They were heard by myself and my neighbors who called police. The next day I found a bullet on my... [Read more]

Burien Police Chief Kimerer Analyzes Burien’s Recent Burglary Reports

by Scott Schaefer UPDATE THURS. 6/3/10: Police Chief Scott Kimerer dropped by our booth at the Farmers Market today, and alerted us that the King County Sheriff’s interactive crime map referenced... [Read more]

Gunshots Heard In Olde Burien Area Early Sunday; Police Find 6 Casings

Sunday morning (May 23), the following question was posted to our Forums by BTB Reader Erik Robbins: Does anyone know what all the gunshots and Police activity were about in Seahurst (EDITOR’S... [Read more]

Burien Man Charged With 1st-Degree Assault For Firing Shotgun At Cars

Our news partners at The Seattle Times are reporting that Jeffrey Fay, 54, the Burien man who tried to fire a shotgun into passing traffic last Tuesday morning (March 23), has been charged with first-degree... [Read more]

Burien Man Robbed At Gunpoint Near Chelsea Park, Fights Off Attackers

The King County Sheriff’s Department reports that a 22-year old Burien man was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday morning (Jan. 26th) around 1am while walking near Chelsea Park when two men approached him,... [Read more]

Man Busted Outside Burien Fred Meyer For Trying To Sell “Cop Killer” Guns

According to The Seattle P-I, a man was busted by Seattle SWAT officers on Jan. 7th outside the Burien Fred Meyer for allegedly trying to sell “cop killer” guns. The story alleges that the... [Read more]

Man Who Shot And Killed Area Native Tom Pfaeffle Flees, Leaves Behind Bizarre “Good-Bye” Letter

According to The Wenatchee World, Kino Michael Gomez, 51, who was charged with first-degree murder in the July shooting of sound engineer and Des Moines native Tom Pfaeffle, has fled and is being sought... [Read more]

Police Still Seeking Help Finding Suspect Vehicle In Fatal June Shooting

On Friday (July 24th), the King County Sheriff’s Department released the surveillance photo below of the car driven by suspects in the June 24th shooting that left an 18 year-old man dead in SeaTac: The... [Read more]

Public’s Help Needed To Find Suspect White BMW Car In 18-Year Old’s Shooting Death

The King County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a white, 1990s-model 4-door BMW 5 Series car (see included reference photos of a similar vehicle) driven by the... [Read more]

UPDATE: SeaTac Shooting Victim Dies

Monday morning, the King County Sheriff’s Office announced that the driver of the Cadillac who was shot last Tuesday at South 188th and International Blvd. in SeaTac, died overnight at Harborview... [Read more]

Three Out Of Four SeaTac Shooters Arrested, One In Burien

The King County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday that they have arrested three of the four persons they believe are responsible for a brazen, rush-hour shooting in SeaTac on Tuesday April 7th.... [Read more]

Highline School District Being Sued Over “Handgun Trade”

The Seattle P-I is reporting about an impending lawsuit against the Highline School District over what the mother of a deceased boy alleges as a flourishing “handgun trade” at Highline High... [Read more]

Tukwila Beefing Up Its Police Force

TUKWILA – Another detective is being added to the Tukwila Police Department’s investigative unit to handle the recent outbreak of shootings, including the most recent one at Foster Golf Links... [Read more]