Police investigating homicide in South Seattle

Jan 19, 2020, 4:51 PM

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Police are investigating after a 52-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his head early Sunday in South Seattle.

Around 1 a.m., a passerby told a patrol officer about a potentially intoxicated driver next to a car in the 4200 block of South Willow Street.

The officer went to the car and found the victim with a gunshot wound to his head. Seattle Fire medics declared him dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives are investigating.

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