Man shot in the leg in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood

SEATTLE - Police are investigating a shooting that happened in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood on Friday afternoon.

At around 1:40 p.m., first responders answered a scene of violence call that was reported near the intersection of S Othello St. and 39th Ave. S.

FOX 13 reached out to the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) for more information and learned that paramedics took a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg to Harborview Medical Center.

The SFD is reporting the incident as a shooting, and the victim is in serious condition.

FOX 13 has reached out to the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for more details, and we are waiting to hear back.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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