One killed in overnight shooting in Seattle’s Beacon Hill

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is investigating a double shooting that left one person dead Monday night at Jose Rizal Park in the northern section of Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood.

Just before midnight, a woman contacted police, telling dispatchers she was shot while inside a car at the park. Police arrived at the scene and found her inside a white Mercedes. She was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

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Medics treated her at the scene before transporting her to Harborview Medical Center. She is in critical condition, as of this reporting. A second woman, who was a passenger in the Mercedes, was unharmed in the shooting, SPD confirmed.

Another person was also found at the park with multiple gunshot wounds, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The body was taken away by the King County Medical Examiner.

Police secured the area with crime scene tape.

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Police aren’t sure if this was a singular act or if there are multiple suspects, and the circumstances leading up to the shooting remain unknown. Crime scene investigators and homicide detectives hung around the scene in the early morning hours to collect evidence.

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Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.