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• Broadway ‘Kool-Aid Man’ break-in: Somebody broke into E Broadway’s CorePower Yoga studio this week by busting through the wall, as one officer reported via East Precinct radio, “like the Kool-Aid Man.” SPD was called to the 500 block Broadway E business early Monday to the reported burglary. According to radio updates, police found a hole busted through the studio’s wall and damage to the business. The neighboring commercial unit to the studio has been without a tenant since the 2022 closure of prepared meal chain Eat Local. There was no additional information about what was taken in the heist. SPD is investigating.
• Car prowl shooting: A victim who interrupted an afternoon car prowl near 15th Ave E and E Harrison was uninjured after the suspect opened fire to escape the scene in an incident reported to police last Thursday. The September 19th shots fired call came in just before 4 PM where the victim said he saw the suspect breaking his car window and grabbing his backpack out of the front seat. “The victim then confronted the suspect which caused the suspect dropped the victim’s backpack,” the SPD brief on the incident reads. “The victim recovered his backpack and then followed the suspect a short distance on foot. This is when the suspect confronted the victim by pulling out a handgun and firing one shot at the ground in the victim’s direction.” Arriving police found the shaken victim but couldn’t locate the suspect who reportedly fled the area on foot. Police report finding a single shell casing at the scene. There are no reported injuries.
• Washington Park gunfire: Police investigated gunfire near Washington Park early Sunday. SPD was called to the area of 27th and Roy around 1:30 AM and found multiple shell casings at the scene but no sign of injuries or suspects.
• Powell Barnett Park gunfire: Sunday afternoon gunfire near MLK Way’s Powell Barnett Park sent visitors scrambling for cover. Police were called to the area for reports of shots fired near the park around 4:30 PM on Sunday, September 15th. Officers found shell casings but no injuries. There were no reported arrests.
• E Mercer furniture throwing: A person suffering an apparent mental health crisis was taken into custody Saturday afternoon after throwing glass and furniture from an E Mercer apartment window, damaging at least one vehicle below. SPD was called to the building just before 2 PM and found items still being tossed from the apartment window.
  As officers got to the 2nd floor the suspect emerged from the apartment while carrying a tall floor lamp. The officers attempted to arrest the suspect resulting in a struggle. A “fast back” was broadcast. The suspect was taken into custody with the assistance of additional officers.
  SPD reports the suspect was initially declined at King County Jail for a “lack of psychiatric history.” They were later booked after hospitalization. Police say one officer received minor injuries during the arrest.
• TV shooting: SPD says it investigated a shots fired incident inside an undisclosed East Precinct-area apartment building on Saturday, September 14th:
  At 0309 hours, call received by apartment resident reporting a bullet fired through his ceiling from the upstairs unit. A television was damaged, but no persons were injured. Officers arrived, detained the suspect and seized the firearm. Witnesses in the upstairs unit stated the suspect was drunk and upset over a recent fight. They stated they watched him draw a pistol from his holster and fire one round into the floor of the apartment unit. Photos and statements taken. Suspect booked into KCJ.
  

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• Child hit by scooter rider: Police and Seattle Fire responded to a collision involving a rider on a rental scooter and a 3-year-old child in a Thursday, September 12th incident. SPD says the incident took place just before 5:30 PM at 20th and Union where the child exited a parked vehicle, walked around the car entering the bike lane and was struck by the scooter rider. Seattle Fire said that the child did not lose consciousness and was alert but suffered a significant lump on his head. The child was taken to Harborview for further evaluation and treatment. The rider was not significantly injured. There were no reported arrests.
• Daycare fire: The community is raising funds to help support the staff of the Wee are the World daycare after a damaging fire at the S. Massachusetts small business this week. The facility remains closed due to fire, smoke, and water damage.

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