1 dead, 1 injured after third Belltown shooting within 24 hours
1 dead, 1 injured after Belltown shooting
Another deadly shooting around Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, just a day after someone else was killed not too far from this one. FOX 13 Seattle's Shawn Chitnis has the latest.
SEATTLE - A shooting in Belltown left one person dead and another injured, just a day after two separate fatal shootings nearby.
Police are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old male deceased and a 21-year-old man with serious injuries. Police first learned of the shooting just before midnight Sunday night. The shooting was reported near Elliot Avenue and Bell Street.
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Police said that the woman was sitting in a parked vehicle when someone fired several shots into it. SPD said the suspect fled the scene shortly after firing the shots.
Officers who arrived on scene found the 17-year-old, and, with the help of the Seattle Fire Department, attempted to save him. The 17-year-old died at the scene.
The 21-year-old was transported to Harborview Medical Center and had sustained serious injuries. Investigators said there was some sort of altercation before the shooting occurred, but homicide detectives are still working to learn what happened leading up to the fatal shooting.
The suspect is currently not in custody, according to SPD.
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The Source: Information in this story came from the Seattle Police Department.