Man shot in car, injured near Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood

Man shot in car in South Seattle, suspect on the run

Seattle police are looking for the man they say shot another man inside his car near Be'er Sheva Park Thursday night.

SEATTLE - Seattle police are investigating a shooting that happened South Seattle near the Rainier Beach neighborhood Thursday night.

What we know:

It happened along Wabash Avenue South and Seward Park Avenue South, near Be'er Sheva Park.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 41-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his upper left arm. 

Medics with the Seattle Fire Department treated the man at the scene and he was later taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious, but stable condition. 

Investigators said the man was sitting inside a car when a man he knew walked up to him and shot him through the window before running away from the scene. 

The suspect fled in a vehicle before police arrived, and he has not been located, SPD said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Seattle Police Department's Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.

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