Shon Barnes will head a department challenged by its last chief's firing, allegations of discrimination, staffing shortages and the vestiges of federal oversight.

It was a violent weekend as Seattle Police investigated a man found dead at Baker Park in the Ballard neighborhood with gunshot wounds.

A man is dead after a shooting in Ballard’s Baker Park early Sunday morning. It is unknown when the shooting actually took place, but police received reports of a man lying unresponsive on a walkway in the 8300 block of 14th Avenue Northwest at approximately 7:30 a.