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The man who was killed in a fire at a public housing complex in Seattle's Greenlake neighborhood has been identified.

Alfonso Goldwire, 71, was killed on Monday when a blaze broke out at the Green Lake Plaza, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office. Goldwire died of thermal burns to 100-percent of his body, as well as toxic asphyxia due to inhalation of toxic products, officials said.

Goldwire was found inside his seventh-floor unit of the 11-story complex. Flames shot out the unit's windows and sent plumes of black smoke billowing out into the outside air.

"I feel so bad. He was such a nice man. You couldn't ask for a nicer man," said a neighbor named Shanda.

More than 100 firefighters responded and extinguished the 2-alarm fire in about half an hour, Seattle fire spokesperson Helen Fitzpatrick said.

No one else was injured in the fire. Many residents left the building on their own, but some were able to remain inside.

The cause of the fire has not been determined, and the investigation is ongoing.

Investigators are looking for a man who crashed an SUV during a chase early Wednesday morning and assaulted a police officer.

Officials said the incident began about 12:45 a.m. when the officer tried to pull the driver over for a traffic violation near the intersection of North 90th and Aurora Avenue North.

The driver refused to stop and sped away. Officers said the chase was quickly called off, but the fleeing driver crashed into a house a few blocks away.

The man tried to run and the officer chased him down. Officials said the man punched the female officer in the face and tried to take her gun.

She continued to chase the man, but he got away.

The officer was taken to a hospital to be checked out and was expected to recover.

Officers searched the area using a police dog, but the man, who is in his 20s, remains at large. No detailed description was available.

The people inside the home where the SUV crashed were not injured.

Greg Roberts was watching TV when the vehicle smashed through a wall just a few feet from where he was sitting.

The man police dubbed the "Grab-N-Go Bandit" stole to support his heroin habit, investigators say.

Guy Aaron Ferguson, 25, was living at his parents' Phinney Ridge house last month and stole for drug money, Casey McNerthney at the P-I, our media partner, reports.

The above image was captured by surveillance video after Ferguson allegedly robbed a grocery story in the 10200 block of Aurora Avenue North Jan. 18.

Police reports say Ferguson asked the clerk for a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. When the clerk put the cigarettes on the counter the suspect put his hand behind his back suggesting that he was armed with a gun. 

He then walked behind the counter and grabbed money from the register, according to police. They circulated the image from the surveillance video, hoping for tips from people who might have seen him.

But police spotted Ferguson themselves about a week ago and chased him down near the 100 block of NE 85th St.

Police have nabbed the man they call the "grab-n-go bandit" and taken him to King County Jail.

At about 10 p.m. Sunday, members of the North Precinct Anti-Crime Team spotted the 25-year-old man shown in the above surveillance video in the 100 block of NW 85th Street. They chased him down and took him into custody.

At the time, he was only armed with a knife. 

Detectives interviewed him and booked him into King County Jail for multiple counts of Investigation of Robbery.