Beacon Hill

Homeowner Fires at Intruders in Home Robbery Attempt

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Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood has been the recent target of a series of home invasions, with one incident escalating to an exchange of gunfire between the homeowner and the intruders. The first reported incident occurred on December 18, near the intersection of Beacon Avenue and South Graham Street. A man returning home from a casino was confronted by several armed men who forced him to unlock his home. The assailants then proceeded to ransack the …

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University Student Fatally Stabbed While Protecting Mother

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A 21-year-old engineering student at the University of Washington, Angelina Tran, was tragically killed in her family’s home in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on August 7. Tran was reportedly stabbed over 100 times while trying to protect her mother from her stepfather, Nghiep Kein Chau, 54. According to court documents, Tran was awakened by a commotion in the early hours of the morning. She found Chau assaulting her mother in the kitchen, having already struck …

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