Replace: 8/20/24 at 4:32 p.m.
At 3:05 Seattle Police responded to a report from Seattle Animal Management {that a} lifeless canine was situated within the Brighton Playfield close to the 3900 block of South Juneau Avenue.
Responding officers situated an unoccupied automobile close by that was stolen throughout this morning’s carjacking and murder within the Madison Valley neighborhood.
Detectives with the Murder Unit are processing the crime scene.
Seattle Police detectives are investigating a murder within the Madison Valley neighborhood this morning.
At 9:55 a.m., patrol officers responded to stories of a carjacking close to Martin Luther King Junior Approach East and East Harrison Avenue.
When officers arrived they situated an grownup lady in the midst of the road. A bystander was performing CPR on the sufferer.
The Seattle Fireplace Division arrived on scene and continued medical remedy. Regardless of all life-saving efforts, she was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Police decided that the lady was a neighborhood canine walker. Throughout the carjacking and wrestle, she was dragged by her automobile and mortally wounded.
A number of bystanders tried to intervene, however they had been unsuccessful.
The suspect fled the world in her stolen automobile and was not situated. Seattle Police are actively trying to find him. No arrests have been made presently.
Officers cordoned off the world till detectives with the Murder, Crime Scene Investigation, and Visitors Collision Investigation Models arrived to course of the crime scene.
Detectives with the Murder Unit have been assigned to this investigation.
If anybody has info, please name the Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Crime Stoppers by no means asks your identify, and you may stay nameless.
