3 discharged from hospital after shoot out at Golden Gardens Park
Oct 19, 2023, 5:16 PM | Updated: Oct 20, 2023, 10:44 am
At the Ballard crime scene, a car can be seen with bullet holes in its windshield. (Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)
(Photo: James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio)
Update 10/20:
Three people have been discharged from Harborview Medical Center after being injured in a shootout at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park.
Original 10/19:
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood Thursday, resulting in one dead and three injured.
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The first shooting happened near Golden Gardens. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), officers responded to the 8400 block of Seaview Place NW — just north of a parking lot that accesses the beach at Golden Gardens just after 4 p.m.
The incident may have started because of an argument over a stolen car, KIRO Newsradio reported. Seattle police said several bystanders were nearby when gunfire erupted at the park.
“I got people running all over the place, apparently a subject just shot another one,” a Seattle police officer said over dispatch. “I am under control, but I got one subject critically injured. Send as many units as you can, we’re going to need a medic.”
The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) reported it found two victims in the Golden Gardens shootings, a 44-year-old man who died at the scene and a 25-year-old man who was treated and taken to Harborview Medical Center. SFD stated he is in stable condition.
After the shooting at Golden Gardens, the SPD reported they began getting calls about two gunshot victims in a black SUV on NW Market Street between 26th and 28th.
There were at least two bullet holes in the driver’s door and four in the windshield.
Both people — a 50-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man — were shot multiple times and were transported to Harborview Medical Center, according to KIRO 7.
“Seattle police tell us this started with a confrontation over a stolen car that ended in a shootout right here at the Golden Gardens dog park,” KIRO Newsradio’s Kate Stone reported from the scene. “There were several bystanders with their dogs nearby. Thankfully none of them were hit, but one man involved in the shootout died and another was taken to Harborview Medical Center from this scene. We also know that multiple people took off and ended up at Market Street — where police responded and found two more people with gunshot wounds.”
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Contributing: KIRO Newsradio
