Seattle police arrested a 27-year-old armed felon in the Capitol Hill neighborhood early this morning for smoking Fentanyl in front of a supermarket.
Just after midnight, patrol officers saw a man smoking narcotics with a pipe in front of the QFC grocery store in the 1400 block of Broadway Avenue.
Officers arrested the man without incident.
While interviewing him, police recovered a loaded gun. When they asked him where he got the gun, he told them he “found it.”
The suspect, recently released from prison, has previous convictions for multiple felonies including unlawful possession of firearms, theft of a motor vehicle, eluding, and unlawful possession of a motor vehicle. He is prohibited from carrying firearms.
The suspect also had a $4,000 arrest warrant for Fighting in public, issued by the Centralia Municipal Court.
Officers booked the suspect into the King County Jail for Narcotics possession and Unlawful possession of a firearm.
Incident Number: 2025-293093
