Rainier Beach shooting now a homicide investigation
Apr 3, 2016, 9:11 AM | Updated: 9:13 am
The Seattle Police Department is investigating a shooting reported Saturday night in Rainier Beach as a homicide.
Police received several reports of gunshots in the area of the 9200 block of Rainier Avenue South at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday. A few minutes later, an unresponsive male with several gunshot wounds to his body was located on the sidewalk in the 9200 block of Waters Avenue South, according to police. The Seattle Fire Department transported the individual to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Detectives from Homicide, the Gang Unit and the Real Time Crime Center are investigating this incident as an active homicide.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact SPD.
