The Seattle Police Department has released a report on a shooting that took place last Sunday night on Boylston and East Olive on Capitol Hill. The report calls the incident a mugging gone wrong- the gunman allegedly stopped a man and a woman walking home down Boylston, brandished his revolver, and demanded their wallet and purse. The man turned, possibly to flee, and the mugger shot him in the abdomen. more ›

• The biggest story in town this weekend? Light rail, hands down, and we have plenty on it. Then again, we're just a drop in the bucket of 92,000.
• Well-known and well-respected Seattle sound engineer Tom Pfaeffle got shot by a nut-job. Comforting. At least it was all the way out in Twisp.

We don’t usually read Danny Westneat’s column, but Wednesday’s piece about another Belltown beatdown and the generally deteriorating state of Seattle’s low-crime image is increasingly common. more ›