We’re hearing reports that the police have blocked off 46th Street to the west of QFC in Wallingford. We understand that they are negotiating with a mentally ill person who has barricaded him/herself in their house and may be suicidal.
This is unrelated to the huge police sting that has been going on on Stone Way and 40th to ticket drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk or who speed.
That’s what we know now.
Update 3:19 pm: the Seattle Crime blog reports that the police have entered the house and subdued the man with pepper spray.
Not my house! Best wishes to the folks affected by this, may he get the help he needs.
There’s a more detailed description over at the My Wallingford blog, here: http://www.mywallingford.com/2011/02/03/swat-police-medics-swarm-n-46th-street/