Man dies in Lake City drive-by shooting
Sep 1, 2012, 9:43 AM | Updated: 1:04 pm
The Seattle Police Department is looking for a suspect involved in a deadly shooting Friday night in Lake City, near the Roosevelt neighborhood at the 7500 block of 15th Ave. NE
Officers responded to a call just before 7:30 p.m. August 31 when bystanders reported hearing gunshots from a car that then fled the scene. Upon arrival, officers found that a man in his 40s had been shot while sitting in the driver’s side of his maroon Subaru.
“He came up beside him, stopped, fired five shots and sped off,” witness Kevin Watts told KING-5 News.
First responders arriving on the scene performed CPR and took the man to Harborview Medical Center, where the man later died.
One nearby home was also hit in the crossfire, but no one inside was hurt.
Witnesses described the suspect’s car as a smaller silver or gray BMW. The suspected shooter is described as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s with dark hair.
Police officers say they do not have any leads as to what led to the confrontation. They have not released the victim’s name, description, or any other additional details.
This shooting marks Seattle’s 23rd murder of the year.
