Crime & Safety

Brother Kills Brother In First Seattle Homicide Of 2019

The homicide happened Sunday night along Phinney Avenue North in Fremont.

SEATTLE, WA - The first homicide of the new year in Seattle happened Sunday night at a home in Fremont.

According to Seattle police, a man called 911 just before 7 p.m. to report that he had killed his brother. Police arrived to find the dead brother inside a home along the 4100 block of Phinney Avenue North.

Police released few details about the killing. The suspected killer was being held without bail in at the King County Jail, according to jail records.

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