June 22, 2020 Olympia - Sale of consumer fireworks begins June 28, 2020, at 12:00 pm and ends on July 5, 2020, at 9:00 pm. A number of cities and counties have restricted or banned the sale and discharge of fireworks. Other counties have modified the type of fireworks that can be purchased. Always be sure…
June 19, 2020 PORT ORCHARD – The Kitsap Critical Incident Response Team (KCIRT) investigation into the death of Sean Michael Howell remains ongoing, pending a medical examiner’s report. This media release serves as a required weekly update regarding the incident that occurred on May 9, 2020, at the Kitsap County Jail. There is no new information to…
June 18, 2020 King County: At approximately 2:12 PM on June 17, 2020, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) received a
9-1-1 call from a driver reporting that he was involved in a road rage incident that occurred on WB I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass. The caller stated that he was driving a burgundy Dodge van and the other vehicle…
June 17, 2020 King County: At approximately 10:30 AM on June 16, 2020, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) received a 9-1-1 call from an individual that stated the driver of another vehicle shot at him on SB I-5. The victim advised that he drives a Ford F-150 with a canopy and the other vehicle involved was a…
June 15, 2020 King County: At approximately 1 pm on Saturday, June 13, 2020, Washington State Patrol (WSP) communications received a 9-1-1 call stating that there was a shooting SB I-5 approaching S. 320th in Federal Way. Once troopers arrived they determined that the suspect and the victim were involved in a road rage incident on the…
June 12, 2020 PORT ORCHARD – The Kitsap Critical Incident Response Team (KCIRT) investigation into the death of Sean Michael Howell remains ongoing, pending a medical examiner’s report. There is no new information to report at this time as detectives continue with their investigation and clarifying interviews with those involved in the incident. The Kitsap County Coroner’s…
June 12, 2020 Shelton, WA- Chief John R. Batiste of the Washington State Patrol spoke to assembled reporters for over an hour at a Friday morning press conference on the growing national concerns over policing strategies, appropriate use of force, and the impacts of bias in law enforcement. Responding to criticism of response tactics and verbiage used…
June 5, 2020 PORT ORCHARD – The Kitsap Critical Incident Response Team (KCIRT) investigation into the death of Sean Michael Howell remains ongoing, pending a medical examiner’s report. There is no new information to report at this time. The Kitsap County Coroner’s Office is waiting for toxicology results – which may take several weeks to receive –…
June 3, 2020 Olympia, WA - The Washington State Patrol (WSP) offers our heartfelt condolences and organizational humility in regard to the tragic and wholly unnecessary death of Mr. George Floyd. An act of cruel disregard took his life, injured his family, and harmed this country. His death also laid bare long simmering challenges between law…
May 29, 2020 PORT ORCHARD – The Kitsap Critical Incident Response Team (KCIRT) investigation into the death of a Kitsap County Jail inmate hospitalized after a physical altercation continues, pending a medical examiner’s report. Sean Michael Howell, 28 had been arrested by the Bremerton Police Department on Friday, May 8, 2020, and booked in Kitsap County Jail…