Seattle police arrested a 29-year-old mother for investigation of homicide after her 14-year-old son was found dead Thursday afternoon.

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) welcomed its new chief on Thursday. KING 5 spoke with Chief Shon Barnes about his new role joining a department struggling with understaffing and a slew of interdepartmental controversies.

The victim’s 29-year-old mother was taken into custody for investigation of homicide and booked into King County Jail.

If there is any doubt about how happy Shon Barnes is to be the Seattle Police Department's new chief, the doubt ends now.

SEATTLE — Officers with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) spent the weekend recovering handguns and narcotics during a series of arrests.

A man who had been shot was discovered in the stairwell of a downtown Seattle building early Friday.According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), at 2:20 a.

Shon Barnes, who most recently was the police chief in Madison, Wisconsin, will begin moving into the office on Thursday. Rahr's memo said there will be "some type of welcome/reception in City Hall" on Friday, though she added that planning is still underway.

The Seattle Police Department kept itself busy last weekend, collecting multiple guns and firearms throughout a series of arrests.

The Seattle City Council has appointed Mark Solomon from the Seattle Police Department to the vacant District 2 seat after five rounds of voting. Solomon, a crime prevention coordinator for the Seattle Police Department,

Tacoma Chief Avery Moore, on the job since 2022, says he will resign as of Feb. 3. He was placed on a brief leave last year.

SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating a deadly shooting early Sunday morning at Baker Park in Ballard. According to the Seattle Police Department, dispatch received a report of a man lying unresponsive in the 8300 block of 14th Avenue Northwest at around 7:30 a.m.