Belltown gas station clerk killed after suspect enters store, makes purchase
Oct 13, 2026, 8:35 AM | Updated: 4:01 pm
(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
A gas station clerk was found dead inside a 76 gas station in Belltown on Tuesday following an early-morning shooting.
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is currently investigating the shooting that occurred near Third Avenue and Denny Way, SPD announced.
SPD Detective Brian Pritchard told KIRO Newsradio that the suspect was a heavy-set man dressed in all black when he entered the store.
“[He] came into the store and purchased an item, then went behind the counter and fired on the clerk, then left,” SPD Brian Pritchard told KIRO Newsradio.
@SeattlePD looking for a man, heavy set, wearing all black who walked in, bought a drink, then shot a clerk to death. Didn’t steal a thing. @KIRONewsradio @Mynorthwest https://t.co/KSHUGsJ7a1
— Luke Duecy (@LukeKIRO) October 13, 2026
No suspect is in custody as of this reporting.
The store owner said she heard about the shooting while getting ready for work.
“I was watching the news while I was getting ready for work, and I saw my store,” she told KIRO Newsradio. “Then they said someone was dead; they found someone. How do you find someone in a store that’s like eight feet wide?”
Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
Police investigating a shooting in the 300 block Broad St. Male found deceased inside gas station. No suspect in custody. PIO on the way to the scene. More information to come. 26-305599
— Seattle Police Department (@SeattlePD) October 13, 2026
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
Contributing: Luke Duecy, KIRO Newsradio
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