TUKWILA – Police busted up a major indoor marijuana-growing operation today, including shutting down Greenhouse & Garden Supply, a Tukwila garden shop located at 4451 South 134th Place.
Fifteen people were indicted. A second garden shop in Auburn, Scitek Garden Supply, was also raided and shut down.
Two indictments unsealed today in federal court outline what the [...]

TUKWILA – Kayakers paddling the Duwamish River spotted a corpse on the riverbank Friday afternoon in Tukwila.

The body was spotted just before 4pm on a riverbank opposite the 6400 block of South 143rd Street, a Tukwila police spokesperson said in a statement.
King County Medical Examiner’s Office staff and Tukwila police were called to the scene. [...]

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 last weekend.
The department plans to reassign a patrol supervisor with broad investigative experience to the 12-member detective unit. To fill that vacancy, Public Information Officer [...]

TUKWILA – One man was shot to death and another critically injured at a party to help promote a book about rapper Dr. Dre early Sunday in the parking lot outside a crowded Tukwila golf course restaurant.
Police arrived at the scene shortly after 2 a.m., responding to a 911 call about shots fired outside the [...]

SEATAC – A Kent woman is in serious condition after being shot on State Route 518 near Tukwila area Tuesday night.
The King County Sheriff’s office says the 34-year-old woman was driving westbound on SR-518, between I-5 and SeaTac International Airport and Burien, when someone fired several shots at her car, striking her once.
At least two [...]

TUKWILA – Police are looking for a 25-year-old man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a man in Tukwila early Saturday.
Tukwila police said Carlos Wayne Ellison II (photo at left) was involved in an altercation in which he shot a man at an apartment in the 5700 block of South 152nd Street.
The victim [...]

TUKWILA – This third shooting in a week occurred in Tukwila, this time at a gas station.
“It truly looks random,” Officer Mike Murphy said of the sudden violence. “We’re all scratching our heads. We don’t know why we’re having this spike right now.”
The most recent shooting happened about 2 a.m. Monday at the Shell gas [...]