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Rainier Valley shooting near Safeway sparks major police response

Dec 27, 2023, 4:00 AM | Updated: Dec 28, 2023, 8:54 am

Rainier police response at 5 a.m. (Traffic camera via KIRO 7)...

Rainier police response at 5 a.m. (Traffic camera via KIRO 7)

(Traffic camera via KIRO 7)

SEATTLE — A shooting in Seattle’s Rainier Valley early Thursday sparked a large police response.

A 5 a.m., a Seattle Department of Transportation camera showed numerous police vehicles at South Othello Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, very close to a Safeway store.

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One person was taken to the hospital.

The westbound lanes were blocked during the investigation, which was wrapping up at around 5:25 a.m.

Video from the scene showed officers had put up crime scene tape around a bus stop, but were later seen taking it down.

This story is developing.

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