Bicycle rider hit by driver in Junction, not earnestly hurt
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Thanks to everyone who messaged us about a collision at 42nd and Alaska a brief time ago – a bicycle rider was hit by a driver, but not gravely hurt, and did not need to be taken to the hospital. Seattle Fire cleared the scene relatively quickly, shortly after we arrived, and police weren’t going to be there much longer either.
August 27, two thousand seventeen Five:37 pm
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Five:37 PM: A three-vehicle crash is blocking southbound Delridge at Trenton, according to the initial dispatch and the very first emergency crews on the scene. We’re off to check it out.
Five:51 PM: We’re told no one is hurt – SFD was leaving. The three cars are in a row on the southbound side. Police are directing traffic around the scene, but we’d still advise avoiding the area for a while.
6:34 PM: Just went back to check. Traffic is flowing loosely again. One police car remains, but it’s on the side, out of the travel lane.
UPDATE: House fire in North Delridge, no one hurt
August 21, two thousand seventeen Four:Legal am
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Four:Eighteen AM: Seattle Fire has a “total response” arriving at a possible house fire in the four thousand seven hundred block of 26th SW [map].
Four:26 AM: The fire is described via radio communications as “well-involved” on at least one side of the house – mostly exterior but partly extended into the house’s kitchen.
Four:38 AM: The fire also is reported to have extended into the attic. Two more engines have been requested. Our squad is just arriving.
Four:51 AM: This is not yet under control, firefighters have radioed, and our squad verifies they’re continuing to haul more hoses toward the house; they’re also reporting roof collapse on a shed-type structure behind the main house. No injuries reported so far, and they’re dismissing a medic unit.
Four:56 AM: Now it’s been proclaimed under control.
Five:07 AM: … now “tapped” in both structures, and they’re calling for the investigator to find out how this embarked.
Five:29 AM: That official determination won’t come until later this morning, but SFD spokesperson Capt. Shata Stephenson just talked with us at the scene and says the fire shows up to have embarked toward the back of the house, which actually has two non-residential structures behind it, and the one with the roof collapse is the one all the way at the rear of the lot. (added – movie from his briefing)
Two people were home at the time, both checked out for possible smoke inhalation, but both found to be OK. We’ve also confirmed that the address is four thousand seven hundred thirty seven 26th SW. Crews will be here at least another hour, so you’ll want to avoid 26th SW – which is an official greenway – in this area.
Ten:35 AM: SFD says the fire was accidental, embarked by a candle; harm totals $150,000 to the structure, $100,000 to contents.
UPDATE: Seattle Parks truck crashes into Roxhill Park restroom building; man, child hurt
August 20, two thousand seventeen Three:59 pm
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Three:59 PM: Police are investigating a bizarre crash right now – a Seattle Parks pickup truck into the side of the restroom building at Roxhill Park, with one person hurt before he could get out of the way. Police tell us they’re attempting to find out whether the driver had fallen asleep in the truck or hit the accelerator without realizing it was in “drive,” but whatever the case, the truck hit a man who suffered an arm injury, and then hit the building’s brick wall before stopping. Along with that man, the Parks driver is being evaluated, as is a child, our photographer reports. The building harm does not show up major, but we’ll check with Parks tomorrow.
SUNDAY NIGHT: A commenter says her hubby and 2-year-old child are the ones injured at Roxhill Park and that both are earnestly hurt, with her child being transferred to Harborview with a skull fracture.
ADDED MONDAY AFTERNOON: SPD tells us the report isn’t available in its system yet; meantime, here’s the statement Parks sent us when we asked several questions about the incident, the driver’s status, and the building’s condition:
On Sunday, August 20, at approximately Trio:20 pm, a Seattle Parks and Recreation vehicle, driven by an SPR staff member, unintentionally collided with the Roxhill Park restroom. In process, two citizens were injured.
The Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Police Department responded to scene, and a 2-year old child and a 47-year old man were transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Presently, the Seattle Parks and Recreation safety staff are conducting an investigation.
At this time, we believe that the injured child has been transferred to Harborview and that the injured adult is still in recovery as well. We are wishing a speedy recovery to those injured in this incident.
The studs’s-restroom side of the building, where this happened, was closed off when we went by to look earlier today.
About the ‘onslaught with weapons’ call at 37th/Cambridge
August Nineteen, two thousand seventeen 12:50 pm
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Seattle Police are at 37th and Cambridge, south of Fauntleroy Park, where they and SFD responded to an “brunt with weapons” call – but they found no evidence that the purported victim who called it in had been assaulted at all, with or without weapons. He displayed signs of intoxication and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Motorcycle rider to hospital after Seaview collision
August Legal, two thousand seventeen Four:24 pm
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A motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital by private ambulance after a collision about half an hour ago in the Seaview area. Authorities cleared the scene quickly; a witness says the rider was headed southbound on 48th SW and hit by a driver headed east on Juneau. That’s all we could find out; private ambulance indicates the injuries weren’t life-threatening.
UPDATE: one person to hospital after 3-car crash in Fauntleroy, possibly connected to 35th/Barton hit-run
August 13, two thousand seventeen Two:37 pm
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Two:37 PM: A three-car crash at 44th/Director [map], north of the Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, is sending at least one person to the hospital, we’re told at the scene – the driver of the crimson vehicle, which hit a pole. Police are also looking into a report that vehicle may have been involved in an earlier hit/run crash at 35th and Barton; we’re heading off to check that scene.
Two:49 PM: The photo above is from 35th/Barton; the white car visible inbetween the fire engine and police cars is the one struck by a hit-run driver suspected of involvement in the aforementioned crash. No serious injuries, we’re told.
UPDATE: Repeat offender Ryan Cox stabs a man and then himself in Gatewood, police say
August 8, two thousand seventeen Ten:Eighteen pm
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(WSB photos by Christopher Boffoli)
Ten:Legitimate PM: Seattle Fire and Police are on the scene of what medical radio transmissions describe as a dual stabbing at California and Orchard [map]. Two fellows, both around 40, are being taken to the hospital.
Ten:39 PM: WSB’s Christopher Boffoli is at the scene and reports that California is closed inbetween Myrtle and Othello. The stabbings are reported to have happened out in the street.
Ten:55 PM: However SPD has not yet commented at the scene, they’ve just tweeted that one man stabbed the other and then himself, so no one else is being sought. Seattle Fire says one man was transported with life-threatening wounds, one with non-life-threatening.
11:04 PM: While we are still waiting for a more-detailed account from police, numerous witnesses – at the scene and by phone – say the man with the life-threatening wounds was in his car when attacked by the other man. The car is reported to be the white SUV in our photo above.
12:20 AM: Police at the scene proceed to decline comment, referring inquiries to media relations, so we likely will not learn anything more until later this morning. Christopher reports that as of midnight, the road was still closed as the investigation continued.
7:32 AM: So far, still no extra information from police. Meantime, a commenter identifying herself as the victim’s wifey posted overnight that he was in surgery.
8:07 AM: Here’s the entirety of what police just posted to SPD Blotter, the very first official information since one tweet late last night:
The masculine victim, age 40, is at Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries while the suspect, 39, is also at Harborview with non-life-threatening injuries.
On Tuesday, August 8th at Ten:00 pm, Southwest Precinct officers responded to a call of a fight and stabbing near California Avenue SW and SW Orchard Street. Officers arrived and located both the victim and suspect. The victim had extensive injuries to his chest, head, and upper arms. Seattle Fire medics arrived and treated the victim at the scene and then transported him to the hospital. The suspect also had stab wounds to his hips, which he stated occurred during the course of the attack.
It is unknown what led up to the confrontation, but witnesses interviewed at the scene confirmed that the suspect attacked the victim and that the victim was not armed. It is unknown what the relationship is inbetween the two boys, if any. Officers recovered a knife at the scene and submitted it into evidence.
The suspect was also treated at the scene and transported to the hospital, where he remains under police custody. Once the suspect has been cleared medically he will be booked into the King County Jail.
Detectives will conduct the go after up investigation.
This remains an active and ongoing investigation.
8:51 AM: As just noted in comments, police have confirmed to us by phone that the suspect, who remains in the hospital at last report, is Ryan Cox. WSB policy usually precludes identifying suspects until and unless they are charged, but given the neighborhood history with Cox, this is an unusual case and we are making an exception. That history goes back to 2009, when he was arrested in connection with graffiti vandalism involving homophobic slurs. At the time of his arrest, police said then, he was carrying a knife.
(added) It has been three years since he was last mentioned on WSB, after his release from jail following completion of a sentence for an brunt case in which he pleaded guilty in 2013. As we mentioned in comment discussion below, we’ve checked city, county, and state records and no latest criminal cases were shown – the most latest case of any kind was a citation last December for “consuming/possessing open container of liquor in public,” according to the Municipal Court website. Before that, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in August 2015.
ADDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cox was booked into jail just before eight pm tonight.
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Bicycle rider hit by driver in Junction, not gravely hurt
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Thanks to everyone who messaged us about a collision at 42nd and Alaska a brief time ago – a bicycle rider was hit by a driver, but not earnestly hurt, and did not need to be taken to the hospital. Seattle Fire cleared the scene relatively quickly, shortly after we arrived, and police weren’t going to be there much longer either.
August 27, two thousand seventeen Five:37 pm
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Five:37 PM: A three-vehicle crash is blocking southbound Delridge at Trenton, according to the initial dispatch and the very first emergency crews on the scene. We’re off to check it out.
Five:51 PM: We’re told no one is hurt – SFD was leaving. The three cars are in a row on the southbound side. Police are directing traffic around the scene, but we’d still advise avoiding the area for a while.
6:34 PM: Just went back to check. Traffic is flowing loosely again. One police car remains, but it’s on the side, out of the travel lane.
UPDATE: House fire in North Delridge, no one hurt
August 21, two thousand seventeen Four:Legal am
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Four:Legitimate AM: Seattle Fire has a “total response” arriving at a possible house fire in the four thousand seven hundred block of 26th SW [map].
Four:26 AM: The fire is described via radio communications as “well-involved” on at least one side of the house – mostly exterior but partly extended into the house’s kitchen.
Four:38 AM: The fire also is reported to have extended into the attic. Two more engines have been requested. Our team is just arriving.
Four:51 AM: This is not yet under control, firefighters have radioed, and our team verifies they’re continuing to haul more hoses toward the house; they’re also reporting roof collapse on a shed-type structure behind the main house. No injuries reported so far, and they’re dismissing a medic unit.
Four:56 AM: Now it’s been announced under control.
Five:07 AM: … now “tapped” in both structures, and they’re calling for the investigator to find out how this commenced.
Five:29 AM: That official determination won’t come until later this morning, but SFD spokesperson Capt. Shata Stephenson just talked with us at the scene and says the fire shows up to have embarked toward the back of the house, which actually has two non-residential structures behind it, and the one with the roof collapse is the one all the way at the rear of the lot. (added – movie from his briefing)
Two people were home at the time, both checked out for possible smoke inhalation, but both found to be OK. We’ve also confirmed that the address is four thousand seven hundred thirty seven 26th SW. Crews will be here at least another hour, so you’ll want to avoid 26th SW – which is an official greenway – in this area.
Ten:35 AM: SFD says the fire was accidental, commenced by a candle; harm totals $150,000 to the structure, $100,000 to contents.
UPDATE: Seattle Parks truck crashes into Roxhill Park restroom building; man, child hurt
August 20, two thousand seventeen Trio:59 pm
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Trio:59 PM: Police are investigating a bizarre crash right now – a Seattle Parks pickup truck into the side of the restroom building at Roxhill Park, with one person hurt before he could get out of the way. Police tell us they’re attempting to find out whether the driver had fallen asleep in the truck or hit the accelerator without realizing it was in “drive,” but whatever the case, the truck hit a man who suffered an arm injury, and then hit the building’s brick wall before stopping. Along with that man, the Parks driver is being evaluated, as is a child, our photographer reports. The building harm does not emerge major, but we’ll check with Parks tomorrow.
SUNDAY NIGHT: A commenter says her hubby and 2-year-old child are the ones injured at Roxhill Park and that both are gravely hurt, with her child being transferred to Harborview with a skull fracture.
ADDED MONDAY AFTERNOON: SPD tells us the report isn’t available in its system yet; meantime, here’s the statement Parks sent us when we asked several questions about the incident, the driver’s status, and the building’s condition:
On Sunday, August 20, at approximately Three:20 pm, a Seattle Parks and Recreation vehicle, driven by an SPR staff member, unintentionally collided with the Roxhill Park restroom. In process, two citizens were injured.
The Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Police Department responded to scene, and a 2-year old child and a 47-year old man were transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Presently, the Seattle Parks and Recreation safety staff are conducting an investigation.
At this time, we believe that the injured child has been transferred to Harborview and that the injured adult is still in recovery as well. We are wishing a speedy recovery to those injured in this incident.
The boys’s-restroom side of the building, where this happened, was closed off when we went by to look earlier today.
About the ‘onslaught with weapons’ call at 37th/Cambridge
August Nineteen, two thousand seventeen 12:50 pm
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Seattle Police are at 37th and Cambridge, south of Fauntleroy Park, where they and SFD responded to an “onslaught with weapons” call – but they found no evidence that the purported victim who called it in had been assaulted at all, with or without weapons. He showcased signs of intoxication and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Motorcycle rider to hospital after Seaview collision
August Legal, two thousand seventeen Four:24 pm
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A motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital by private ambulance after a collision about half an hour ago in the Seaview area. Authorities cleared the scene quickly; a witness says the rider was headed southbound on 48th SW and hit by a driver headed east on Juneau. That’s all we could find out; private ambulance indicates the injuries weren’t life-threatening.
UPDATE: one person to hospital after 3-car crash in Fauntleroy, possibly connected to 35th/Barton hit-run
August 13, two thousand seventeen Two:37 pm
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Two:37 PM: A three-car crash at 44th/Director [map], north of the Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, is sending at least one person to the hospital, we’re told at the scene – the driver of the crimson vehicle, which hit a pole. Police are also looking into a report that vehicle may have been involved in an earlier hit/run crash at 35th and Barton; we’re heading off to check that scene.
Two:49 PM: The photo above is from 35th/Barton; the white car visible inbetween the fire engine and police cars is the one struck by a hit-run driver suspected of involvement in the aforementioned crash. No serious injuries, we’re told.
UPDATE: Repeat offender Ryan Cox stabs a man and then himself in Gatewood, police say
August 8, two thousand seventeen Ten:Legal pm
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(WSB photos by Christopher Boffoli)
Ten:Legitimate PM: Seattle Fire and Police are on the scene of what medical radio transmissions describe as a dual stabbing at California and Orchard [map]. Two studs, both around 40, are being taken to the hospital.
Ten:39 PM: WSB’s Christopher Boffoli is at the scene and reports that California is closed inbetween Myrtle and Othello. The stabbings are reported to have happened out in the street.
Ten:55 PM: Tho’ SPD has not yet commented at the scene, they’ve just tweeted that one man stabbed the other and then himself, so no one else is being sought. Seattle Fire says one man was transported with life-threatening wounds, one with non-life-threatening.
11:04 PM: While we are still waiting for a more-detailed account from police, numerous witnesses – at the scene and by phone – say the man with the life-threatening wounds was in his car when attacked by the other man. The car is reported to be the white SUV in our photo above.
12:20 AM: Police at the scene proceed to decline comment, referring inquiries to media relations, so we likely will not learn anything more until later this morning. Christopher reports that as of midnight, the road was still closed as the investigation continued.
7:32 AM: So far, still no extra information from police. Meantime, a commenter identifying herself as the victim’s wifey posted overnight that he was in surgery.
8:07 AM: Here’s the entirety of what police just posted to SPD Blotter, the very first official information since one tweet late last night:
The masculine victim, age 40, is at Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries while the suspect, 39, is also at Harborview with non-life-threatening injuries.
On Tuesday, August 8th at Ten:00 pm, Southwest Precinct officers responded to a call of a fight and stabbing near California Avenue SW and SW Orchard Street. Officers arrived and located both the victim and suspect. The victim had extensive injuries to his chest, head, and upper arms. Seattle Fire medics arrived and treated the victim at the scene and then transported him to the hospital. The suspect also had stab wounds to his hips, which he stated occurred during the course of the attack.
It is unknown what led up to the confrontation, but witnesses interviewed at the scene confirmed that the suspect attacked the victim and that the victim was not armed. It is unknown what the relationship is inbetween the two fellows, if any. Officers recovered a knife at the scene and submitted it into evidence.
The suspect was also treated at the scene and transported to the hospital, where he remains under police custody. Once the suspect has been cleared medically he will be booked into the King County Jail.
Detectives will conduct the go after up investigation.
This remains an active and ongoing investigation.
8:51 AM: As just noted in comments, police have confirmed to us by phone that the suspect, who remains in the hospital at last report, is Ryan Cox. WSB policy usually precludes identifying suspects until and unless they are charged, but given the neighborhood history with Cox, this is an unusual case and we are making an exception. That history goes back to 2009, when he was arrested in connection with graffiti vandalism involving homophobic slurs. At the time of his arrest, police said then, he was carrying a knife.
(added) It has been three years since he was last mentioned on WSB, after his release from jail following completion of a sentence for an attack case in which he pleaded guilty in 2013. As we mentioned in comment discussion below, we’ve checked city, county, and state records and no latest criminal cases were shown – the most latest case of any kind was a citation last December for “consuming/possessing open container of liquor in public,” according to the Municipal Court website. Before that, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in August 2015.
ADDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cox was booked into jail just before eight pm tonight.
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Bicycle rider hit by driver in Junction, not gravely hurt
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Thanks to everyone who messaged us about a collision at 42nd and Alaska a brief time ago – a bicycle rider was hit by a driver, but not gravely hurt, and did not need to be taken to the hospital. Seattle Fire cleared the scene relatively quickly, shortly after we arrived, and police weren’t going to be there much longer either.
August 27, two thousand seventeen Five:37 pm
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Five:37 PM: A three-vehicle crash is blocking southbound Delridge at Trenton, according to the initial dispatch and the very first emergency crews on the scene. We’re off to check it out.
Five:51 PM: We’re told no one is hurt – SFD was leaving. The three cars are in a row on the southbound side. Police are directing traffic around the scene, but we’d still advise avoiding the area for a while.
6:34 PM: Just went back to check. Traffic is flowing loosely again. One police car remains, but it’s on the side, out of the travel lane.
UPDATE: House fire in North Delridge, no one hurt
August 21, two thousand seventeen Four:Eighteen am
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Four:Eighteen AM: Seattle Fire has a “total response” arriving at a possible house fire in the four thousand seven hundred block of 26th SW [map].
Four:26 AM: The fire is described via radio communications as “well-involved” on at least one side of the house – mostly exterior but partly extended into the house’s kitchen.
Four:38 AM: The fire also is reported to have extended into the attic. Two more engines have been requested. Our squad is just arriving.
Four:51 AM: This is not yet under control, firefighters have radioed, and our team verifies they’re continuing to haul more hoses toward the house; they’re also reporting roof collapse on a shed-type structure behind the main house. No injuries reported so far, and they’re dismissing a medic unit.
Four:56 AM: Now it’s been proclaimed under control.
Five:07 AM: … now “tapped” in both structures, and they’re calling for the investigator to find out how this began.
Five:29 AM: That official determination won’t come until later this morning, but SFD spokesperson Capt. Shata Stephenson just talked with us at the scene and says the fire emerges to have began toward the back of the house, which actually has two non-residential structures behind it, and the one with the roof collapse is the one all the way at the rear of the lot. (added – movie from his briefing)
Two people were home at the time, both checked out for possible smoke inhalation, but both found to be OK. We’ve also confirmed that the address is four thousand seven hundred thirty seven 26th SW. Crews will be here at least another hour, so you’ll want to avoid 26th SW – which is an official greenway – in this area.
Ten:35 AM: SFD says the fire was accidental, began by a candle; harm totals $150,000 to the structure, $100,000 to contents.
UPDATE: Seattle Parks truck crashes into Roxhill Park restroom building; man, child hurt
August 20, two thousand seventeen Trio:59 pm
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Three:59 PM: Police are investigating a bizarre crash right now – a Seattle Parks pickup truck into the side of the restroom building at Roxhill Park, with one person hurt before he could get out of the way. Police tell us they’re attempting to find out whether the driver had fallen asleep in the truck or hit the accelerator without realizing it was in “drive,” but whatever the case, the truck hit a man who suffered an arm injury, and then hit the building’s brick wall before stopping. Along with that man, the Parks driver is being evaluated, as is a child, our photographer reports. The building harm does not show up major, but we’ll check with Parks tomorrow.
SUNDAY NIGHT: A commenter says her hubby and 2-year-old child are the ones injured at Roxhill Park and that both are gravely hurt, with her child being transferred to Harborview with a skull fracture.
ADDED MONDAY AFTERNOON: SPD tells us the report isn’t available in its system yet; meantime, here’s the statement Parks sent us when we asked several questions about the incident, the driver’s status, and the building’s condition:
On Sunday, August 20, at approximately Trio:20 pm, a Seattle Parks and Recreation vehicle, driven by an SPR staff member, unintentionally collided with the Roxhill Park restroom. In process, two citizens were injured.
The Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Police Department responded to scene, and a 2-year old child and a 47-year old man were transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Presently, the Seattle Parks and Recreation safety staff are conducting an investigation.
At this time, we believe that the injured child has been transferred to Harborview and that the injured adult is still in recovery as well. We are wishing a speedy recovery to those injured in this incident.
The dudes’s-restroom side of the building, where this happened, was closed off when we went by to look earlier today.
About the ‘onslaught with weapons’ call at 37th/Cambridge
August Nineteen, two thousand seventeen 12:50 pm
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Seattle Police are at 37th and Cambridge, south of Fauntleroy Park, where they and SFD responded to an “attack with weapons” call – but they found no evidence that the purported victim who called it in had been assaulted at all, with or without weapons. He displayed signs of intoxication and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Motorcycle rider to hospital after Seaview collision
August Legitimate, two thousand seventeen Four:24 pm
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A motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital by private ambulance after a collision about half an hour ago in the Seaview area. Authorities cleared the scene quickly; a witness says the rider was headed southbound on 48th SW and hit by a driver headed east on Juneau. That’s all we could find out; private ambulance indicates the injuries weren’t life-threatening.
UPDATE: one person to hospital after 3-car crash in Fauntleroy, possibly connected to 35th/Barton hit-run
August 13, two thousand seventeen Two:37 pm
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Two:37 PM: A three-car crash at 44th/Director [map], north of the Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, is sending at least one person to the hospital, we’re told at the scene – the driver of the crimson vehicle, which hit a pole. Police are also looking into a report that vehicle may have been involved in an earlier hit/run crash at 35th and Barton; we’re heading off to check that scene.
Two:49 PM: The photo above is from 35th/Barton; the white car visible inbetween the fire engine and police cars is the one struck by a hit-run driver suspected of involvement in the aforementioned crash. No serious injuries, we’re told.
UPDATE: Repeat offender Ryan Cox stabs a man and then himself in Gatewood, police say
August 8, two thousand seventeen Ten:Eighteen pm
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(WSB photos by Christopher Boffoli)
Ten:Eighteen PM: Seattle Fire and Police are on the scene of what medical radio transmissions describe as a dual stabbing at California and Orchard [map]. Two fellows, both around 40, are being taken to the hospital.
Ten:39 PM: WSB’s Christopher Boffoli is at the scene and reports that California is closed inbetween Myrtle and Othello. The stabbings are reported to have happened out in the street.
Ten:55 PM: Tho’ SPD has not yet commented at the scene, they’ve just tweeted that one man stabbed the other and then himself, so no one else is being sought. Seattle Fire says one man was transported with life-threatening wounds, one with non-life-threatening.
11:04 PM: While we are still waiting for a more-detailed account from police, numerous witnesses – at the scene and by phone – say the man with the life-threatening wounds was in his car when attacked by the other man. The car is reported to be the white SUV in our photo above.
12:20 AM: Police at the scene proceed to decline comment, referring inquiries to media relations, so we likely will not learn anything more until later this morning. Christopher reports that as of midnight, the road was still closed as the investigation continued.
7:32 AM: So far, still no extra information from police. Meantime, a commenter identifying herself as the victim’s wifey posted overnight that he was in surgery.
8:07 AM: Here’s the entirety of what police just posted to SPD Blotter, the very first official information since one tweet late last night:
The masculine victim, age 40, is at Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries while the suspect, 39, is also at Harborview with non-life-threatening injuries.
On Tuesday, August 8th at Ten:00 pm, Southwest Precinct officers responded to a call of a fight and stabbing near California Avenue SW and SW Orchard Street. Officers arrived and located both the victim and suspect. The victim had extensive injuries to his chest, head, and upper arms. Seattle Fire medics arrived and treated the victim at the scene and then transported him to the hospital. The suspect also had stab wounds to his hips, which he stated occurred during the course of the attack.
It is unknown what led up to the confrontation, but witnesses interviewed at the scene confirmed that the suspect attacked the victim and that the victim was not armed. It is unknown what the relationship is inbetween the two guys, if any. Officers recovered a knife at the scene and submitted it into evidence.
The suspect was also treated at the scene and transported to the hospital, where he remains under police custody. Once the suspect has been cleared medically he will be booked into the King County Jail.
Detectives will conduct the go after up investigation.
This remains an active and ongoing investigation.
8:51 AM: As just noted in comments, police have confirmed to us by phone that the suspect, who remains in the hospital at last report, is Ryan Cox. WSB policy usually precludes identifying suspects until and unless they are charged, but given the neighborhood history with Cox, this is an unusual case and we are making an exception. That history goes back to 2009, when he was arrested in connection with graffiti vandalism involving homophobic slurs. At the time of his arrest, police said then, he was carrying a knife.
(added) It has been three years since he was last mentioned on WSB, after his release from jail following completion of a sentence for an brunt case in which he pleaded guilty in 2013. As we mentioned in comment discussion below, we’ve checked city, county, and state records and no latest criminal cases were shown – the most latest case of any kind was a citation last December for “consuming/possessing open container of liquor in public,” according to the Municipal Court website. Before that, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in August 2015.
ADDED WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cox was booked into jail just before eight pm tonight.