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Shooting on Capitol Hill. Seattlecrime.com (Of Course) Has the Scoop.

News   November 20, 2009 at 10:59 pm Josh Feit

Once again, Seattlecrime.com has the best (and along with Capitol Hill Seattle, the first) reporting about a shooting on Capitol Hill (at Union and Boylston) that happened early Friday evening, around 6pm.

No slouches either: Capitol Hill Seattle’s on-the-scene coverage is here.


  • Algernon

    Correct. Good coverage. So why did he get fired? Isn’t that news?

  • Algernon

    Correct. Good coverage. So why did he get fired? Isn’t that news?

  • Algernon

    Correct. Good coverage. So why did he get fired? Isn’t that news?

  • Algernon

    Correct. Good coverage. So why did he get fired? Isn’t that news?

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Yes, it’s news. We reported it when it happened in September: http://publicola.net/?p=14245

    The folks at The Stranger wouldn’t comment.

    The Stranger and the Slog are definitely thinner without Jonah’s sources and crime scoops, though.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Yes, it’s news. We reported it when it happened in September: http://publicola.net/?p=14245

    The folks at The Stranger wouldn’t comment.

    The Stranger and the Slog are definitely thinner without Jonah’s sources and crime scoops, though.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Yes, it’s news. We reported it when it happened in September: http://publicola.net/?p=14245

    The folks at The Stranger wouldn’t comment.

    The Stranger and the Slog are definitely thinner without Jonah’s sources and crime scoops, though.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    Yes, it’s news. We reported it when it happened in September: http://publicola.net/?p=14245

    The folks at The Stranger wouldn’t comment.

    The Stranger and the Slog are definitely thinner without Jonah’s sources and crime scoops, though.