Seattle shootings: Man kills attempted robbery suspect; 2 others wounded in separate incidents, police say

A Seattle man shot and killed a suspect who tried to rob him in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on Tuesday, one of three separate shootings that took place across the city within 24 hours, authorities said.

Officials responded to reports of a shooting in the 1000 block of East John Street at 1:12 a.m. and found a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound on the sidewalk, Seattle police said. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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A 39-year-old man at the scene told patrolmen he shot the man after the 24-year-old tried to rob him, police said. Investigators continued to question the alleged victim to find out what led to the shooting.

In another exchange of fire, a 58-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound in the stomach at 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday in the Greenlake district, the police said. She was brought to Harbourview Medical Center in stable condition.

Witnesses told officers that a suspect robbed the woman on the street and then shot her.

Police responded to a third shooting in the 200 block of Yesler Way in the Pioneer Square neighborhood on Tuesday evening.
(Seattle Police Department)

A third unrelated shootout occurred just before 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, police said. The officers located the 20-year-old victim, but he refused to speak to them.

Medics at the scene discovered a gunshot wound to the man’s abdomen and he was taken to Harbourview Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

Witnesses told officers that there was a brawl prior to the shooting, but were unable to provide a description of the suspect. The police found a single cartridge case at the scene.

Detectives continue to investigate the unrelated shootings.

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The three shots came the same day Seattle Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz spoke about the recent rise in gun violence across the city.

Diaz said 104 different shootings have resulted in 135 victims so far this year, Q13 FOX reported. He also asked the city council to fund 1,400 officials to help with the city’s policing.

“If the department wasn’t in a personnel crisis, I would have highly visible officials in the neighborhoods suffering from this violence,” said Diaz.