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Police searching for suspect after 2 people shot in North Seattle

May 6, 2025, 4:45 PM

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A Seattle Police Department vehicle. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

(Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

Police in Seattle are searching for a gunman after a shooting occurred just before 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Callers reported gunfire near the intersection of North 90th Street and Nesbit Avenue North. When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

“The male had a shot to his foot, and the female had a shot to her right thigh. They (detectives) believe that the shots were actually possibly ricocheted off the ground,” Seattle Police Department (SPD) Detective Brian Prichard said.

However, Pritchard said the couple was not fully cooperative, and police have few details about what happened.

“There were conflicting accounts of what happened from both victims, but we did learn the suspect actually escaped the scene on a Metro Transit on Aurora Avenue,” Prichard said.

Anyone who saw the shooting or has any information about the suspect or suspects is asked to call the Seattle Police Violent Crimes Tipline at 206-233-5000 or 911.

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