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Three shot to death, one wounded in Seattle’s Pioneer Square

May 17, 2025, 7:14 AM

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The Seattle Police Department responding to a scene where four people were shot and three of them died in Seattle's Pioneer Square. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

(Photo courtesy of the Seattle Police Department)

Three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously wounded early Saturday morning in Pioneer Square, Seattle police said.

According to a post on the SPD Blotter, just after 1 a.m., officers near First Avenue and South Washington Street heard a disturbance. They found four adults with gunshot wounds.

Two men and a woman died at the scene. Another man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.

Detectives are investigating what led up to the shooting.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Seattle Police Department’s Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.

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