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SPD: Man shot in face in downtown Seattle

Feb 22, 2022, 6:49 AM | Updated: 8:33 am

Downtown Seattle shooting...

(KIRO 7 TV, file photo)

(KIRO 7 TV, file photo)

Seattle police are investigating after a man was injured in a downtown shooting Monday night.

Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. to a gunshot near 3rd Avenue and Pine Street.

Police found a 48-year-old man on the sidewalk in the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue with a gunshot wound to his face, according to a SPD Blotter post.

He was transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.

Despite there being a large number of people nearby when the shooting happened, police said few witnesses provided information about what led up to the shooting.

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