Teen injured in Seattle shooting
SEATTLE - Seattle police are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy hurt on Tuesday morning.
What we know:
At about 3:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of shots fired near the Atlantic City Boat Ramp in the Rainier Beach neighborhood.
As officers were investigating, King County deputies responded to a report of a shooting at about the same time near South 117th Street and 85th Avenue South in Skyway.
When deputies arrived, there was a 17-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his back. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center but his condition is not known.
Police said the teen was in a car with two other boys, ages 13 and 17, and an unknown driver. As they were driving on Seward Park Avenue South, they heard gunshots and the victim was shot inside the car.
The driver then dropped the teens off in Skyway and left the area.
Police are investigating what led up to the shooting.
What you can do:
Anyone with information is asked to call the Seattle Police Department's violent crimes tip line at
The Source: Information in this story came from the King County Sheriff's Office.
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